committable

Committable is an adjective used in software development and related fields to describe input, changes, or transactions that can be committed to a stable state. In software development, a committable change set is one that is ready to be recorded in a version control repository. This typically means the changes are isolated, well-scoped, and pass local validation (builds, tests, linting). In Git terms, changes become committable when they are added to the staging area and are known to build and test successfully; the next commit records a snapshot of those changes.

In database and distributed transaction contexts, a committable transaction is one that can be made permanent without violating integrity constraints and without causing conflicts. Depending on the system, a transaction may become committable after validation, locking, or coordination with other processes, and is finalized by a commit or aborted if problems are detected.

The term is context-specific and used most often in discussions of version control workflow and transaction processing. It conveys readiness to finalize a change or operation and move it from a temporary, mutable state to a permanent, auditable state.