Check Commit Message

Action to check if the commit follows proper guidelines as specified here

Usage

Create a workflow .yml file in your repositories .github/workflows directory (eg. .github/workflows/check-commit.yml). In your workflow you first need to checkout your repository then use this action.

Refer to the example below,

name: Check Commit Message

on: [pull_request, push]

jobs:
  check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Check commit
        uses: adityaa30/check-commit@master

Input Parameters

• compulsory-scope

  • Either 'true' or 'false'
  • Defaults to 'false'
  • If true, scope field becomes compulsory for each commit (refer here)

• max-header-length

  • Should be a valid non-zero positive integer
  • Defaults to 50
  • Raises an error if length of commit header is more than specified

Project Installation

Fork the repository

# Clone the forked repository
git clone https://github.com/<git-username>/check-commit.git

# Enter project directory
cd check-commit

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

NOTE

• Before pushing any changes, please build the project to update the dist/index.js in order to reflect your changes in github
• To test the project in your local use act

TODO

• Get the commit message
• Implement rules based on syntax defined here
• Helper functions to check commit message based on rules
• Add input parameter compulsory-scope
• Add input parameter max-header-length
• Add a CLI
• Add custom input parameters