@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

• condition: type is found in value

• rule: always

• level: error

• value

  [
    'build',
    'chore',
    'ci',
    'docs',
    'feat',
    'fix',
    'perf',
    'refactor',
    'revert',
    'style',
    'test'
  ];
  

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

type-case

• description: type is in case value
• rule: always
• level: error
• value

  'lowerCase'
  

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

type-empty

• condition: type is empty
• rule: never
• level: error

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

subject-case

• condition: subject is in one of the cases ['sentence-case', 'start-case', 'pascal-case', 'upper-case']
• rule: never
• level: error

 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

• condition: subject is empty
• rule: never
• level: error

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

subject-full-stop

• condition: subject ends with value
• rule: never
• level: error
• value

'.'

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

header-max-length

• condition: header has value or less characters
• rule: always
• level: error
• 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

footer-leading-blank

• condition: footer should have a leading blank line
• rule: always
• level: warning

 echo "fix: some message
BREAKING CHANGE: It will be significant" # warning

echo "fix: some message

BREAKING CHANGE: It will be significant" # passes

footer-max-line-length

• condition: footer each line has value or less characters
• rule: always
• level: error
• 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

• condition: body should have a leading blank line
• rule: always
• level: warning

 echo "fix: some message
body" # warning

echo "fix: some message

body" # passes

body-max-line-length

• condition: body each line has value or less characters
• rule: always
• level: error
• 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