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@commitlint/config-conventional

Lint your conventional commits

Shareable commitlint config enforcing conventional commits. Use with @commitlint/cli and @commitlint/prompt-cli.

Getting started

npm install --save-dev @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cli
echo "export default {extends: \['@commitlint/config-conventional'\]};" \> commitlint.config.js

Rules

Problems

The following rules are considered problems for @commitlint/config-conventional and will yield a non-zero exit code when not met.

Consult Rules reference for a list of available rules.

type-enum

  • conditiontype is found in value

  • rulealways

  • levelerror

  • value

    [
      'build',
      'chore',
      'ci',
      'docs',
      'feat',
      'fix',
      'perf',
      'refactor',
      'revert',
      'style',
      'test'
    ];
    
    
echo "foo: some message" # fails
echo "fix: some message" # passes

type-case

  • descriptiontype is in case value
  • rulealways
  • levelerror
  • value
    'lowerCase'
    
    
echo "FIX: some message" # fails
echo "fix: some message" # passes

type-empty

  • conditiontype is empty
  • rulenever
  • levelerror
echo ": some message" # fails
echo "fix: some message" # passes

subject-case

  • conditionsubject is in one of the cases ['sentence-case', 'start-case', 'pascal-case', 'upper-case']
  • rulenever
  • levelerror
echo "fix(SCOPE): Some message" # fails
echo "fix(SCOPE): Some Message" # fails
echo "fix(SCOPE): SomeMessage" # fails
echo "fix(SCOPE): SOMEMESSAGE" # fails
echo "fix(scope): some message" # passes
echo "fix(scope): some Message" # passes

subject-empty

  • conditionsubject is empty
  • rulenever
  • levelerror
echo "fix:" # fails
echo "fix: some message" # passes

subject-full-stop

  • conditionsubject ends with value
  • rulenever
  • levelerror
  • value
'.'

echo "fix: some message." # fails
echo "fix: some message" # passes

header-max-length

  • conditionheader has value or less characters
  • rulealways
  • levelerror
  • value
100

echo "fix: some message that is way too long and breaks the line max-length by several characters" # fails
echo "fix: some message" # passes
  • conditionfooter should have a leading blank line
  • rulealways
  • levelwarning
echo "fix: some message
BREAKING CHANGE: It will be significant" # warning

echo "fix: some message
BREAKING CHANGE: It will be significant" # passes
  • conditionfooter each line has value or less characters
  • rulealways
  • levelerror
  • value
100

echo "fix: some message
BREAKING CHANGE: footer with multiple lines
has a message that is way too long and will break the line rule 'line-max-length' by several characters" # fails

echo "fix: some message
BREAKING CHANGE: footer with multiple lines
but still no line is too long" # passes

body-leading-blank

  • conditionbody should have a leading blank line
  • rulealways
  • levelwarning
echo "fix: some message
body" # warning

echo "fix: some message
body" # passes

body-max-line-length

  • conditionbody each line has value or less characters
  • rulealways
  • levelerror
  • value
100

echo "fix: some message
body with multiple lines
has a message that is way too long and will break the line rule 'line-max-length' by several characters" # fails

echo "fix: some message
body with multiple lines
but still no line is too long" # passes