File Names

Stay organised with a simple file naming convention

Philosophy

A file naming convention helps you stay organised by making it easy to identify the information contained within a file. There is no perfect file naming convention. Filenames should be meaningful and consistent. And, it should be simple to follow.

Rules

Date the file created using the yyyymmdd format
Use all lowercase letters
Separate words using dashes
If applicable, include a project name
Append a version number if necessary (with leading zeroes)

Examples

`yyyymmdd-project-name-file-name`

├── brand-logo
│   ├── brand-logo-assets
│   │   ├── 20221115-brand-logo-inspiration-board.pdf
│   ├── 20220126-brand-logo-full-resolution.jpg
│   ├── 20220301-brand-logo-guidelines-02.txt

Tips

Store project related files in the same directory.
The directory name indicates the project name and can follow the same rules. The date may be omitted.
The filename begins with a date to organise files chronologically.
Sometimes meaningful abbreviations are helpful to reduce the character size.
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