❯ npx commitlint --help @commitlint/cli@20.5.2 - Lint your commit messages [input] reads from stdin if --edit, --env, --from and --to are omitted Options: -c, --color toggle colored output [boolean] [default: true] -g, --config path to the config file; result code 9 if config is missing [string] ...

git clone git@github.com:conventional-changelog/commitlint.git cd commitlint yarn yarn run build # run build tasks yarn start # run tests, again on change yarn run commitlint # run CLI

March 15, 2026 - Lint your commit messages. Latest version: 20.5.2, last published: 4 days ago. Start using @commitlint/cli in your project by running `npm i @commitlint/cli`. There are 1174 other projects in the npm registry using @commitlint/cli.

An example of how a GitHub Actions workflow could validate the last commit message or all commit messages inside a Pull Request: ... name: CI on: [push, pull_request] permissions: contents: read jobs: commitlint: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 with: fetch-depth: 0 - name: Setup node uses: actions/setup-node@v4 with: node-version: lts/* cache: npm - name: Install commitlint run: npm install -D @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional - name: Print versions run: | git --version node --version npm --version npx commitlint --version - name: Validate current commit

To get the most out of commitlint you'll want to automate it in your project lifecycle.

Use this online @commitlint/cli playground to view and fork @commitlint/cli example apps and templates on CodeSandbox.

Install @commitlint/cli and a @commitlint/config-* / commitlint-config-* of your choice as devDependency and configure commitlint to use it.

November 12, 2021 - mkdir commitlint_example && cd commitlint_example npm init # OR yarn init # Just accept the defaults when prompted to configure the project ... Running node . should print out the text on your terminal like this: We're going to set up commitlint ...

September 8, 2023 - How to setup Commitlint in your project: Step 1: Install Commitlint ``` # Install and configure if needed npm install — save-dev @commitlint/{cli,config-conventional} # For Windows: npm install — save-dev @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cli # Configure commitlint to use conventional config echo “module.exports = { extends: [‘@commitlint/config-conventional’] };” > commitlint.config.js ```

November 13, 2024 - # Lint from stdin echo 'foo: bar' | dart run commitlint_cli ⧗ input: type: add docs ✖ type must be one of [build, chore, ci, docs, feat, fix, perf, refactor, revert, style, test] type-enum ✖ found 1 errors, 0 warnings

November 16, 2025 - Implement commitlint cli: Lint your commit messages. 0+ weekly downloads. Installation guide, examples & best practices included.

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

May 8, 2025 - npm install -g @commitlint/prompt-cli @commitlint/config-angular echo "export default {extends: ['@commitlint/config-angular']};" > commitlint.config.js · git add . commit · A full usage guide is available at docs/prompt. commitlint · prompt · npm i @commitlint/prompt-cli ...

Run commitlint to lint your commit messages. See the guides about the CLI.

March 15, 2026 - npm install --save-dev @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cli echo "export default {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']};" > commitlint.config.js

March 15, 2026 - pnpm add @commitlint/cli · Lint your commit messages · @commitlint/format · @commitlint/lint · @commitlint/load · @commitlint/read · @commitlint/types · tinyexec · yargs · @commitlint/test · @commitlint/utils · @types/conventional-commits-parser ·

November 18, 2019 - You can find an example repository I created with fully set up Commitlint here. It also includes Travis integration and prompt-cli with examples of rejected PRs.

{ "scripts": { "log": "conventional-changelog --config ./node_modules/commitlint-cli/lib/log -i CHANGELOG.md -s -r 0", "commit": "npm log && git add .

cli: introduce new --last flag, to stop recommending HEAD~1 (#3916) (99f4f3f) Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/cli

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