yannickoo / 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.

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

If you are using husky, add "commitmsg": "commit-message-validator" to your npm scripts in package.json.

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 commit-message-validator

Usage

1. Install this package as one of your project's devDependencies

2. Install githook husky

3. Config commit-msg hook to run commit-message-validator in package.json

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

4. 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"
            }
        }
    }