commit-message-validator

commit-message-validator

Git commit-msg validator

This package provides you a binary that you can use as a git hook to validate the commit message, with your custom regex pattern.

This package can be used with githook packages such as husky.

If you are looking for a standard commit message validator which supports Conventional Commits out of the box, give Commitlint a try.

Installation

This module is distributed via npm which is bundled with node and should be installed as one of your project's devDependencies:

    npm install -D commit-message-validator

Usage

• Install this package as one of your project's devDependencies
• Install githook husky
• Config commit-msg hook to run commit-message-validator.

husky v7

npm set-script prepare "husky install"
npx husky add .husky/commit-msg "npx commit-message-validator"

husky v4

setup husky in package.json.

{
    "husky": {
        "hooks": {
            "commit-msg": "commit-message-validator"
        }
    }
}

• Custom commit-message regex pattern in package.json

{
    "config": {
        "commit-message-validator": {
            "_comment": "pattern can be Regex string or array of Regex string",
            "pattern": "your regex pattern here",
            "errorMessage": "your error message"
        }
    }
}