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https://github.com/m1foley/fit-commit

A Git hook to validate your commit messages based on community standards.
https://github.com/m1foley/fit-commit

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A Git hook to validate your commit messages based on community standards.

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# Fit Commit



A Git hook to validate your commit messages based on [community standards](#who-decided-these-rules).



## Example



```

$ git commit

Adding a cool feature

foobar foobar foobar,

foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar



1: Error: Message must use imperative present tense.

2: Error: Second line must be blank.

3: Error: Lines should be <= 72 chars. (76)



Commit anyway? [y/n/e] ▊

```



## Prerequisites



* Ruby >= 1.9 (OS X users already have this installed)



## Installation



Install the gem:



    $ gem install fit-commit



Install the hook in your Git repo:



    $ fit-commit install



This creates a `.git/hooks/commit-msg` script which will automatically check your Git commit messages.



## Validations



* **Line Length**: All lines must be <= 72 chars (URLs excluded). First line should be <= 50 chars. Second line must be blank.

* **Tense**: Message must use imperative present tense: "Fix bug" and not "Fixed bug" or "Fixes bug."

* **Subject Period**: Do not end your subject line with a period.

* **Capitalize Subject**: Begin all subject lines with a capital letter.

* **Frat House**: No offensive content.

* **WIP**: Do not commit WIPs to shared branches (disabled by default)



## Configuration



Settings are read from these files in increasing precedence: `/etc/fit_commit.yml`, `$HOME/.fit_commit.yml`, `config/fit_commit.yml`, `./.fit_commit.yml`.



These are the default settings that can be overridden:



```yaml

---

Validators/LineLength:

  Enabled: true

  MaxLineLength: 72

  SubjectWarnLength: 50

  AllowLongUrls: true

Validators/Tense:

  Enabled: true

Validators/SubjectPeriod:

  Enabled: true

Validators/CapitalizeSubject:

  Enabled: true

  WarnOnWiplikes: true

Validators/Frathouse:

  Enabled: true

Validators/Wip:

  Enabled: false

```



The `Enabled` property accepts multiple formats:



```yaml

# true/false to enable/disable the validation (branch agnostic)

Validators/Foo:

  Enabled: false

# Array of String or Regex matching each branch it's enabled on

Validators/Bar:

  Enabled:

    - main

    - !ruby/regexp /\Afoo.+bar/

```



## Adding Custom Validators



Create your custom validator as a `FitCommit::Validators::Base` subclass:



```ruby

module FitCommit

  module Validators

    class MyCustomValidator < Base

      def validate_line(lineno, text)

        if text =~ /sneak peak/i

          add_error(lineno, "I think you mean 'sneak peek'.")

        end

      end

    end

  end

end



# A validator can also validate the commit message as a whole:

module FitCommit

  module Validators

    class MyCustomValidator < Base

      def validate(lines)

        if lines.none? { |line| line.text =~ /#\d+/ }

          add_warning(lines.last.lineno, "Related issue not referenced.")

        end

      end

    end

  end

end

```



`Require` the file and enable the validator in your config:



```yaml

FitCommit:

  Require:

    - somedir/my_custom_validator.rb

Validators/MyCustomValidator:

  Enabled: true

```



You can also publish your validator as a gem, and require it that way:



```yaml

FitCommit:

  Require:

    - my-custom-validator-gem

Validators/MyCustomValidator:

  Enabled: true

```



If others might find your validator useful, submit it as a Pull Request. If it's not useful for everyone, it can be disabled by default.



## FAQ



### Can Fit Commit run in all my repos without having to install it each time?

First set your global Git template directory:



```

$ git config --global init.templatedir '~/.git_template'

$ mkdir -p ~/.git_template/hooks

```



Now you can copy the hooks you want installed in new repos by default:



```

# From a repo where Fit Commit is already installed

$ cp .git/hooks/commit-msg ~/.git_template/hooks/commit-msg

```



To copy your default hooks into existing repos:



```

$ git init

```



### How can I run this standalone, like part of a CI process?



Fit Commit can be run outside of a Git hook context with a simple shell script:



```sh

$ export GIT_BRANCH_NAME=branch_name

$ export COMMIT_MESSAGE_PATH=path/to/message

# Using Bundler

$ bundle exec ruby -e 'require "fit_commit"; FitCommit.run'

# Not using Bundler

$ rbenv exec ruby -rrubygems -e 'require "fit_commit"; FitCommit.run'

```



It exits with an error code if any errors are present, which will fail a build if it's part of a CI run.



### Who decided these rules?

Fit Commit aims to enforce *community standards*. The two influential guides are:



- [Tim Pope's blog](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)

- [The official Git documentation](http://git.kernel.org/cgit/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches?id=HEAD)



The Git community has largely (but not completely) coalesced around these standards. [Chris Beams](http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/) and the [Pro Git book](https://git-scm.com/book) also provide good summaries on why we have them.



### How can I improve Fit Commit?

Fit Commit aims to be useful to everyone. If you can suggest an improvement to make it useful to more people, please open a GitHub Issue or Pull Request. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more info.



## Credits



Author: [Mike Foley](https://github.com/m1foley)



Inspiration taken from: [Tim Pope](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html), [Jason Fox](https://gist.github.com/jasonrobertfox/8057124), [Addam Hardy](http://addamhardy.com/blog/2013/06/05/good-commit-messages-and-enforcing-them-with-git-hooks/), [pre-commit](https://github.com/jish/pre-commit)



Similar projects:

- [gitlint](https://github.com/jorisroovers/gitlint) (written in Python)

- [fit-commit-js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fit-commit-js) (Node.js package)