# Shopify for Developers GitHub commits now name the last theme editor

- Product: Shopify for Developers (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shopify-developers)
- Vendor: Shopify
- Date: 2026-08-26
- Original notes: https://shopify.dev/changelog/github-commits-now-name-the-last-theme-editor
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/shopify-developers/releases/2026-08-26-github-commits-now-name-the-last-theme-editor

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When you edit a theme in the Shopify admin, the commit Shopify pushes to your connected branch now includes the editor's name in the body: Update from Shopify for theme Dawn Committed from shop: Snowd…

- **changed** — Commits pushed to connected branches when editing a theme in the Shopify admin now include the editor's name in the commit body