Standardize and Revise All Commit Messages

[mrshaw01]

Review and revise existing commit messages to follow a consistent and meaningful format.

Suggested Format:

<type>: <short summary>

Optional body explaining the rationale, context, or implementation details.

Examples of types: feat, fix, refactor, docs, test, chore

Goals:

• Improve repository history readability
• Make future changelogs and contributions easier to track