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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