# Commit Options

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## `breaking_change_exclamation_in_title`

- Type: `bool`
- Default: `False`

When true, breaking changes will be also indicated by an exclamation mark in the commit title (e.g., `feat!: breaking change`).

When false, breaking changes will be only indicated by `BREAKING CHANGE:` in the footer. See [writing commits](../tutorials/writing_commits.md) for more details.

## `encoding`

- Type: `str`
- Default: `"utf-8"`

Sets the character encoding to be used when parsing commit messages.

## `retry_after_failure`

- Type: `bool`
- Default: `False`

Retries failed commit when running `cz commit`.