reference-rules.md

Rules

Rules are made up by a name and a configuration array. The configuration array contains:

• Level [0..2]: 0 disables the rule. For 1 it will be considered a warning for 2 an error.
• Applicable always|never: never inverts the rule.
• Value: value to use for this rule.

Rule configurations are either of type array residing on a key with the rule's name as key on the rules object or of type function returning type array or Promise<array>. This means all of the following notations are supported.

Plain array

  "rules": {
    "header-max-length": [0, "always", 72],
  }

Function returning array

  "rules": {
    "header-max-length": () => [0, "always", 72],
  }

Async function returning array

  "rules": {
    "header-max-length": async () => [0, "always", 72],
  }

Function returning a promise resolving to array

  "rules": {
    "header-max-length": () => Promise.resolve([0, "always", 72]),
  }

Available rules

body-leading-blank

• condition: body begins with blank line
• rule: always

body-max-length

• condition: body has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

body-max-line-length

• condition: body lines has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

body-min-length

• condition: body has value or more characters
• rule: always
• value

0

footer-leading-blank

• condition: footer begins with blank line
• rule: always

footer-max-length

• condition: footer has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

footer-max-line-length

• condition: footer lines has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

footer-min-length

• condition: footer has value or more characters
• rule: always
• value

0

header-case

• condition: header is in case value
• rule: always

'lowerCase'

• possible values

[
  'lower-case', // default
  'upper-case', // UPPERCASE
  'camel-case', // camelCase
  'kebab-case', // kebab-case
  'pascal-case', // PascalCase
  'sentence-case', // Sentence case
  'snake-case', // snake_case
  'start-case' // Start Case
]

header-full-stop

• condition: header ends with value
• rule: never
• value

'.'

header-max-length

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

72

header-min-length

• condition: header has value or more characters
• rule: always
• value

0

references-empty

• condition: references has at least one entry
• rule: never

scope-enum

• condition: scope is found in value
• rule: always
• value

  []
  

scope-case

• condition: scope is in case value
• rule: always

'lowerCase'

• possible values

[
  'lower-case', // default
  'upper-case', // UPPERCASE
  'camel-case', // camelCase
  'kebab-case', // kebab-case
  'pascal-case', // PascalCase
  'sentence-case', // Sentence case
  'snake-case', // snake_case
  'start-case' // Start Case
]

scope-empty

• condition: scope is empty
• rule: never

scope-max-length

• condition: scope has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

scope-min-length

• condition: scope has value or more characters
• rule: always
• value

0

subject-case

• condition: subject is in case value
• rule: always

'lowerCase'

• possible values

[
  'lower-case', // default
  'upper-case', // UPPERCASE
  'camel-case', // camelCase
  'kebab-case', // kebab-case
  'pascal-case', // PascalCase
  'sentence-case', // Sentence case
  'snake-case', // snake_case
  'start-case' // Start Case
]

subject-empty

• condition: subject is empty
• rule: never

subject-full-stop

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

'.'

subject-max-length

• condition: subject has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

subject-min-length

• condition: subject has value or more characters
• rule: always
• value

0

type-enum

• condition: type is found in value
• rule: always
• value

  ['feat', 'fix', 'docs', 'style', 'refactor', 'test', 'revert']
  

type-case

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

  'lower-case'
  

• possible values

[
  'lower-case', // default
  'upper-case', // UPPERCASE
  'camel-case', // camelCase
  'kebab-case', // kebab-case
  'pascal-case', // PascalCase
  'sentence-case', // Sentence case
  'snake-case', // snake_case
  'start-case' // Start Case
];

type-empty

• condition: type is empty
• rule: never

type-max-length

• condition: type has value or less characters
• rule: always
• value

Infinity

type-min-length

• condition: type has value or more characters
• rule: always
• value

0

signed-off-by

• condition: message has value
• rule: always
• value

'Signed-off-by:'

Deprecated rules

body-tense deprecated

• condition: body is verbalized in tense present in value
• rule: always
• value

['present-imperative']

• possible values

[
  'past-tense', // did
  'present-imperative', // do
  'present-participle', // doing
  'present-third-person' // does
]

footer-tense deprecated

• condition: footer is verbalized in tense present in value
• rule: always
• value

['present-imperative']

• possible values

[
  'past-tense', // did
  'present-imperative', // do
  'present-participle', // doing
  'present-third-person' // does
]

lang deprecated

• condition: subject is of language value
• rule: always
• value

eng

subject-tense deprecated

• condition: subject is verbalized in tense present in value
• rule: always
• value

['present-imperative']

• possible values

[
  'past-tense', // did
  'present-imperative', // do
  'present-participle', // doing
  'present-third-person' // does
]