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21.2.0conventional-changelog/commitlint ↗New releases in your daily digest, changelog included.

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Last release 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 weeks to 7 months
Most releases are documented
notes for 44 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
9 years old
64 releases · first in 2017

Release timeline

64 releases since 2017

20172019202120232025

Releases

21.2.030 Jun 2026
feat(resolve-extends): resolve pure-ESM presets (conventional-changelog v7/v9/v10) by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitl
21.2.0 (2026-06-30)

Features

feat(resolve-extends): resolve pure-ESM presets (conventional-changelog v7/v9/v10) by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4859

Chore

ci: install git in stock-Ubuntu baseline job by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4847

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v21.1.0...v21.2.0
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21.0.229 May 2026
fix: emit actionable error when --edit cannot find COMMIT_EDITMSG (#589) by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4
21.0.2 (2026-05-29)

Bug Fixes

fix: emit actionable error when --edit cannot find COMMIT_EDITMSG (#589) by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4755

fix: apply oxfmt formatting to get-edit-commit.ts by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4768

fix(read): fail when --from and --to share no merge-base #4555 by @CervEdin in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4754

fix: disallow same commit hash for --from and --to by @knocte in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4773

Chore/CI

ci: have renovate rebase stale PRs before merging by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4782

chore: have renovate hold PRs for 3 days after release by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4788

chore: anchor vite 8 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4790

ci: run commitlint once per same-repo PR by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4795

New Contributors

@CervEdin made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4754

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v21.0.1...v21.0.2

From the same repository

conventional-changelog/commitlint

21.0.112 May 2026

fix(load): only resolve relative formatter paths by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4761

21.0.1 (2026-05-12)

Bug Fixes

fix(load): only resolve relative formatter paths by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4761
fix(types): add presetConfig to ParserPreset interface by @SAY-5 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4749

CI

ci: stop spawning schedule jobs on contributors' forks by @knocte in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4753
ci: add weekly non-blocking pnpm audit by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4766

New Contributors

@SAY-5 made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4749

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v21.0.0...v21.0.1

Open source →

Additional notes

Bug Fixes

load: only resolve relative formatter paths (#4761) (f8be069)
types: add presetConfig to ParserPreset interface (#4749) (e402cd4), closes #4748

21.0.0 (2026-05-08)

Bug Fixes

widen cz-commitlint inquirer peer dep to support v9-v12 #4554 (#4682) (341f0c4)
chore!: minimum node version v22 (#4679) (ac2b3f4), closes #4679

BREAKING CHANGES

drop node v18 and v20 support

Bump engines to >=v22 in all 39 package.json files
Update @types/node to ^22.0.0
Update CI matrix to [22, 24]
Update Ubuntu baseline job to ubuntu:26.04
Update Dockerfile.ci, .mise.toml, .codesandbox/ci.json
Update pre-commit hook to use --ignore-engines
Update README and docs

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) noreply@anthropic.com

Open source →

21.0.08 May 2026

> Heads-up: --legacy-output is a transitional escape hatch. It will be removed in a future major release. Plan to migrate your parsers / snapshots to

Heads-up: --legacy-output is a transitional escape hatch. It will be removed in a future major release. Plan to migrate your parsers / snapshots to the new format during the v21 lifecycle.

21.0.0 (2026-05-08)

Breaking

chore!: minimum node version v22 by @escapedcat in #4679
feat!: show input from a new line by @knocte in #4727 (adds --legacy-output flag)

Fixes

fix: widen cz-commitlint inquirer peer dep to support v9–v12 by @escapedcat in #4682 — closes #4554

Internals (Node 22 cleanup)

chore: replace dependencies with Node 22 built-ins by @escapedcat in #4681 — drops glob, fast-glob, import-meta-resolve, minimist, fs-extra
refactor: replace read-pkg with native fs.readFile + JSON.parse by @escapedcat in #4742
chore: update dependency yargs to v18 by @escapedcat in #4686
chore: remove cross-env, move env vars to vitest config by @escapedcat in #4684

Dependency updates

chore: update dependency @types/node to v22.19.17 by @renovate[bot] in #4739
chore: update dependency @swc/core to v1.15.33 by @renovate[bot] in #4743

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v20.5.3...v21.0.0

Open source →

20.4.33 Mar 2026

fix: npx usage #613 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4630

20.4.3 (2026-03-03)

Bug Fixes

fix: npx usage #613 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4630
fix(types): incorrect types for rule options by @Zamiell in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4633
fix: footer parser does not escape special chars for regex #4560 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4634

Chore etc.

ci: enhance format check with error message by @knocte in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4632

New Contributors

@Zamiell made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4633

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v20.4.2...v20.4.3

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Additional notes

Bug Fixes

footer parser does not escape special chars for regex #4560 (#4634) (8ff7c7f)
npx usage #613 (#4630) (1644f1e), closes #3 #1 #2 #4 #5 #7 #6
types: incorrect types for rule options (#4633) (77b85f2)

Open source →

20.4.030 Jan 2026

feat: upgrade conventional commit packages #4082 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4597

20.4.0 (2026-01-30)

Features

feat: upgrade conventional commit packages #4082 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4597

Refactor

refactor: replace lodash.uniq with simple code by @hyperz111 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4600
refactor: replace lodash.isplainobject with is-plain-obj" by @hyperz111 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4601
refactor(ensure): replace all lodash string methods with kasi and manual by @hyperz111 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4602
refactor: replace lodash.merge with lodash.mergewith by @hyperz111 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4603
refactor: remove lodash.isfunction dependency by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4604
refactor: replace find-up with escalade by @hyperz111 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4605
refactor: replace chalk with picocolors by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4599

New Contributors

@hyperz111 made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4600

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v20.3.1...v20.4.0

Open source →

20.0.025 Sept 2025

feat(rules)!: make body-max-line-length ignore lines with URLs (#4486) (2f37a88), closes #4486 by @aspiers

20.0.0 (2025-09-25)

Features

feat(rules)!: make body-max-line-length ignore lines with URLs (#4486) (2f37a88), closes #4486 by @aspiers

BREAKING CHANGES

when lines contain URLs exceeding the maximum line length body-max-line-length will be ignored

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v19.9.1...v20.0.0

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Additional notes

[Compare Source]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.9.1...v20.0.0 )

Bug Fixes

update dependency tar-fs to v3.1.1 [security] (#4550) ([273a43e]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 273a43e ))
feat(rules)!: make body-max-line-length ignore lines with URLs (#4486) ([2f37a88]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 2f37a88 )), closes #4486

BREAKING CHANGES

when lines contain URLs exceeding the maximum line length body-max-line-length will be ignored

[19.9.1]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.9.0...v19.9.1 ) (2025-08-29)

Bug Fixes

add TypeScript support and configuration for pnpm scopes (#4544) ([ea75778]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ ea75778 ))

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19.8.18 May 2025

perf(rules): optimize header-trim by @felipecrs in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4363

19.8.1 (2025-05-08)

Performance Improvements

perf(rules): optimize header-trim by @felipecrs in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4363

Docs

docs(config-workspace-scopes): incorrect package name title by @JounQin in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4323
docs: changed husky init to husky install by @Stautvis in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4356
docs: adjust package managers CLI instructions for both Win and Unix based systems (#4381) by @juliolmuller in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4382
docs: add CLI instruction for Bun package manager (#4380) by @juliolmuller in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4383

CI

ci: pin github actions to commit-hash by @Fdawgs in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4343

New Contributors

@Stautvis made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4356
@felipecrs made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4363
@juliolmuller made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4382

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v19.8.0...v19.8.1

Open source →

Additional notes

Bug Fixes

update dependency tinyexec to v1 (#4332) (e49449f)
update dependency tinyexec to v1.0.1 (#4347) (c1b26d1)

Performance Improvements

rules: optimize header-trim (#4363) (b7e404b)

19.8.0 (2025-03-07)

Bug Fixes

config-lerna-scopes: remove deprecated @lerna/project dependency (#4284) (f2f78f1)
update dependency semver to v7.7.1 (#4272) (6148587)

Features

config-workspace-scopes: add config preset for npm and yarn workspaces (#4269) (67ff9e8)

Performance Improvements

use node: prefix to bypass require.cache call for builtins (#4302) (0cd8f41)

Reverts

Revert "fix: improve security validation regex in is-ignored function (#4258)" (#4314) (b27024a), closes #4258 #4314

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Additional notes

[Compare Source]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.8.0...v19.8.1 )

Bug Fixes

update dependency tinyexec to v1 (#4332) ([e49449f]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ e49449f ))
update dependency tinyexec to v1.0.1 (#4347) ([c1b26d1]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ c1b26d1 ))

Performance Improvements

rules: optimize header-trim (#4363) ([b7e404b]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ b7e404b ))

Open source →

19.8.07 Mar 2025Deprecated

fix(config-lerna-scopes): remove deprecated @lerna/project dependency by @janbiasi in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4284

19.8.0 (2025-03-07)

Bug Fixes

fix(config-lerna-scopes): remove deprecated @lerna/project dependency by @janbiasi in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4284
Revert "fix: improve security validation regex in is-ignored function… by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4314

Features

feat(config-workspace-scopes): add config preset for npm and yarn workspaces by @janbiasi in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4269

Chore, docs, etc.

docs: improve GitLab CI pipeline job script by @6arms1leg in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4275
perf: use node: prefix to bypass require.cache call for builtins by @Fdawgs in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4302
chore: add missing 'use strict' directives by @Fdawgs in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4301
build: add nx ignore to make lerna publish again by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4313

New Contributors

@6arms1leg made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4275
@janbiasi made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4269

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v19.7.1...v19.8.0

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Additional notes

[Compare Source]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.7.1...v19.8.0 )

Bug Fixes

config-lerna-scopes: remove deprecated @lerna/project dependency (#4284) ([f2f78f1]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ f2f78f1 ))
update dependency semver to v7.7.1 (#4272) ([6148587]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 6148587 ))

Features

config-workspace-scopes: add config preset for npm and yarn workspaces (#4269) ([67ff9e8]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 67ff9e8 ))

Performance Improvements

use node: prefix to bypass require.cache call for builtins (#4302) ([0cd8f41]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 0cd8f41 ))

Reverts

Revert "fix: improve security validation regex in is-ignored function (#4258)" (#4314) ([b27024a]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ b27024a )), closes #4258 #4314

[19.7.1]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.7.0...v19.7.1 ) (2025-02-02)

Bug Fixes

config-nx-scopes: fix for projects without explicit targets (#4261) ([25bb2cd]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 25bb2cd ))
improve security validation regex in is-ignored function (#4258) ([7403d63]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 7403d63 ))
update dependency fast-glob to v3.3.3 (#4235) ([c286237]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ c286237 ))
update dependency fs-extra to v11.3.0 (#4249) ([39acfe4]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 39acfe4 ))
update dependency tar-fs to v3.0.7 (#4243) ([708320f]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ 708320f ))
update dependency tar-fs to v3.0.8 (#4247) ([ecb5d3a]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ ecb5d3a ))

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Open source →

19.5.011 Sept 2024

feat(cli): use special errorCode for missing rules/config #4142 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4143

19.5.0 (2024-09-11)

Features

feat(cli): use special errorCode for missing rules/config #4142 by @escapedcat in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4143

Chore

chore: replace execa with tinyexec and Node's child_process.spawnSync by @ziebam in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4134

New Contributors

@ziebam made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/4134

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v19.4.1...v19.5.0

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18.6.113 Feb 2024

update dependency semver to v7.6.0

18.6.1 (2024-02-13)

Bug Fixes

update dependency semver to v7.6.0 (#3900) (df33003)
update dependency tar-fs to v3.0.5 (#3903) (79d77c9)

Chore

docs: update husky to v9 by @marcalexiei in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3875
CI: add an Ubuntu LTS job by @knocte in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3876
refactor: port config-conventional to ts by @Mersho in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3881
chore: update dependency nx to v18 by @renovate in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3896
chore(@commitlint/config-nx-scopes): nx 18 support by @thengstermanndev in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3907

New Contributors

@thengstermanndev made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3907

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v18.6.0...v18.6.1

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Additional notes

Bug Fixes

update dependency semver to v7.6.0 (#3900) (df33003)
update dependency tar-fs to v3.0.5 (#3903) (79d77c9)

18.6.0 (2024-01-25)

Features

rules: add header-trim rule (#3199) (#3871) (331579a)

Open source →

18.4.44 Jan 2024

Fix subject-full-stop false positive when using ellipsis by @Mersho in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3839

18.4.4 (2024-01-04)

Bug Fixes

Fix subject-full-stop false positive when using ellipsis by @Mersho in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3839
Fix/3779: Adjust logic for 'never' scope-enum validation by @joberstein in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3795
fix(utils): remove fs-extra usage by @Phillip9587 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3804
fix(read): remove fs-extra usage and use fs/promises by @Phillip9587 in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3803

Docs

docs: commitlint with jx3 by @Realiserad in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3814
docs: how to run CLI for development by @abitrolly in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3836

New Contributors

@askoufis made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3801
@Phillip9587 made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3804
@Realiserad made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3814
@SyedTayyabUlMazhar made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3822
@abitrolly made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3836
@Mersho made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3839

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v18.4.3...v18.4.4

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Additional notes

Bug Fixes

@commitlint/load: Remove unused @types/node dependency (#3801) (7b3f8b3)
read: remove fs-extra usage and use fs/promises (#3803) (714be66)
subject-full-stop false positive when using ellipsis (#3839) (b4246d6)
update dependency fs-extra to v11.2.0 (#3799) (abb4da2)
utils: remove fs-extra usage (#3804) (92f2237)

Open source →

18.4.321 Nov 2023

fix: update dependency read-pkg to v9.0.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3777

Bug Fixes

fix: update dependency read-pkg to v9.0.1 by @renovate in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3777

Further updates

chore: update dependency conventional-changelog-angular to v7 by @renovate and @silversonicaxel in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3690

New Contributors

@phil-davis made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3775
@yionr made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3782

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v18.4.2...v18.4.3

Open source →

Additional notes

Bug Fixes

update dependency read-pkg to v9.0.1 (#3777) (88c4b8a)

Open source →

18.0.020 Oct 2023

chore!: minimum node version v18 (#3644) (5b4aeaf), closes #3644

18.0.0 (2023-10-20)

chore!: minimum node version v18 (#3644) (5b4aeaf), closes #3644
chore: remove unused types
docs: prepare node update and new release
ci: remove node v14/16 checks
chore: adjust node types to minimal supported version
docs: simplify releases and remove roadmap

BREAKING CHANGES

drop node v14 and v16 support
drop TS v4 support
further major versions of other deps upgrade conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits, conventional-commits-parser, conventional-changelog-atom,

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v17.8.1...v18.0.0

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17.8.120 Oct 2023

updated some deps to support latest TS version https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3700

What's Changed

updated some deps to support latest TS version https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3700

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v17.8.0...v17.8.1

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Additional notes

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

17.8.0 (2023-10-14)

Bug Fixes

chore(container): add pullrequest event to container build workflow trigger (8e30bec)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v11.0.2 (#3681) (5c6f087)
update dependency @types/tmp to v0.2.4 (#3682) (f9d7029)
update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v4.4.0 (#3688) (4bcb0c6)

Features

lazy load cosmiconfig-typescript-loader (#3694) (b058c7c)

Open source →

17.4.212 Jan 2023

load: fixes a bug when a ts commitlint config is compiled twice

17.4.2 (2023-01-12)

Bug Fixes

load: fixes a bug when a ts commitlint config is compiled twice (#3499) (dc2c899)

New Contributors

@mailaenderli made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3499

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v17.4.1...v17.4.2

Open source →

Additional notes

Bug Fixes

load: fixes a bug when a ts commitlint config is compiled twice (#3499) (dc2c899)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v11 (#3494) (8f553c7)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v11.0.1 (#3496) (f9a013c)

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17.4.04 Jan 2023

stop truncating the body in presence of dashes

17.4.0 (2023-01-04)

Bug Fixes

stop truncating the body in presence of dashes (#3476) (02a61be)

Features

support config .cts extension (#3461) (85ad18b)

New Contributors

@sjarva made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3438
@MohamedLamineAllal made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3461
@ridvanaltun made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3462
@brnhensley made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3463
@vighnesh153 made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3464
@realmarv made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3476

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v17.3.0...v17.4.0

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17.2.031 Oct 2022

update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v4.1.0

17.2.0 (2022-10-31)

Bug Fixes

update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v4.1.0 (https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/3386) (9abd75f)

Features

cli: add strict mode (https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/3384) (https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/3385) (fdff2be)
config-nx-scopes: add nx version ^15.0.0 as peerDependency (https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/3416) (f529a3f)

New Contributors

@jpbnetley made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3352
@matthewleon made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3380
@SchweizS made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3385
@FelixLgr made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3406
@trystan2k made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3416

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v17.1.2...v17.2.0

Open source →

17.0.016 May 2022

update dependency yargs to v17.5.1

17.0.0 (2022-05-16)

Bug Fixes

update dependency yargs to v17.5.1 (#3183) (8db72f0)
chore!: minimum node version v14 (#3128) (ac5f9b4), closes #3128

BREAKING CHANGES

drop node v12 support
chore: rename circleci windows job
Migrate @nrwl/tao to nx following 13.9.0 release by @fguitton in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3135

New Contributors

@lxow456 made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3179

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v16.3.0...v17.0.0

Open source →

16.2.113 Feb 2022

update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v1.0.5

16.2.1 (2022-02-13)

Bug Fixes

update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v1.0.5 (#3020) (2d431a6)
update dependency jest-environment-node to v27.5.0 (#3012) (a546128)
update dependency jest-environment-node to v27.5.1 (#3018) (0cbf652)
update dependency read-pkg to v7.1.0 (#3015) (3b7b680)
load: satisfy @types/node peer dependency for cosmiconfig-loader-typescript (#3008) (338180c), closes #3007

New Contributors

@jrolfs made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/3008

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v16.2.0...v16.2.1

Open source →

Additional notes

Bug Fixes

update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v1.0.5 (#3020) (2d431a6)
update dependency jest-environment-node to v27.5.0 (#3012) (a546128)
update dependency jest-environment-node to v27.5.1 (#3018) (0cbf652)
update dependency read-pkg to v7.1.0 (#3015) (3b7b680)
load: satisfy @types/node peer dependency for cosmiconfig-loader-typescript (#3008) (338180c), closes #3007

16.2.0 (2022-01-25)

Bug Fixes

update dependency cosmiconfig-typescript-loader to v1.0.4 (#2991) (043a059)

Features

add support for Nx monorepos via @commitlint/config-nx-scopes (#2995) (11879ad)

16.1.0 (2022-01-20)

Features

load: accept functions as parser presets (#2982) (420e8d6), closes #2964 #2964

16.0.026 Dec 2021

is-ignored: ignore merge tag commit messages

16.0.0 (2021-12-26)

Bug Fixes

is-ignored: ignore merge tag commit messages (#2920) (914782a)
update dependency @types/tmp to v0.2.2 (#2903) (d2f146c)
update dependency conventional-commits-parser to v3.2.3 (#2904) (3a98d3c)
cz-commitlint: combine commit body with issuesBody/breakingBody when body has an empty string (#2915) (a038b41)
docs: minor changes to guides (#2913) (499efd1)
update dependency conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits to v4.6.1 (#2906) (1d1ccfa)
update dependency cosmiconfig to v7.0.1 (#2905) (2c33c98)
update dependency jest-environment-node to v27.4.2 (#2907) (c3b29ba)
update dependency yargs to v17.3.0 (#2908) (a387494)

Features

config-rush-scopes: add config for rush monorepo (#2878) (befa677)
cz-commitlint: support select scope with radio list by setting disableMultipleScopes (#2911) (9d8d73f), closes #2782
config validation (#2412) (c717202), closes #327

BREAKING CHANGES

cz-commitlint: users who is using multiple scopes need to set enableMultipleScopes to true

New Contributors

@lembdev made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/2878
@fncolon made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/2913
@honzamelena made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/2915
@gaetanmaisse made their first contribution in https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/pull/2920

Full Changelog: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/compare/v15.0.0...v16.0.0

Open source →

15.0.017 Nov 2021

prompt: correct import kind in prompt package

15.0.0 (2021-11-17)

Bug Fixes

prompt: correct import kind in prompt package (#2852) (45bf394)
prompt: correct version of internal dependencies in prompt package #2697 (#2851) (b1155ca)
types: fix signature of QualifiedRuleConfig for async configurations (#2868) (#2869) (c7f355b)

Features

simplify config resolution (#2398) (8a8384f), closes #327

Tests

config-lerna-scopes: reuse npm bootstrap to simplify tests (#2479) (9a7a43a), closes #2447

BREAKING CHANGES

config-lerna-scopes: upgrade to lerna v4

Co-authored-by: Renovate Bot bot@renovateapp.com Co-authored-by: escapedcat github@htmlcss.de

test(config-lerna-scopes): reuse npm bootstrap to simplify tests
test(config-lerna-scopes): reuse npm bootstrap to simplify tests
test: fix issue after merge
test: one more fix after merge

Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Renovate Bot bot@renovateapp.com Co-authored-by: escapedcat github@htmlcss.de

Big thanks to @armano2 ❤️

Open source →

13.0.024 May 2021

update dependency chalk to v4.1.1

13.0.0 (2021-05-24)

Bug Fixes

update dependency chalk to v4.1.1 (#2608) (f41b123)
update dependency yargs to v17.0.1 (#2609) (afbfd10)

Features

add subject-exclamation-mark rule to improve error messages (#2593) (be701bd)
rules: add trailer-exists rule (#2578) (cd3816d)
chore!: remove node 10 support (#2596) (4db4ba1), closes #2596

BREAKING CHANGES

minimum node version is 12

Open source →

12.1.12 Apr 20212 sources agree

update dependency read-pkg to v6

12.1.1 (2021-04-02)

Bug Fixes

update dependency read-pkg to v6 (#2530) (d38a2ad)
config-lerna-scopes: ignore packages without names (#2514) (df3bf71)
update dependency semver to v7.3.5 (#2519) (5113f22)
prompt: modify the entry point to pass commitizen's function check (#2501) (0173fb7), closes /github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/2486#issuecomment-791682272 /github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/2486#issuecomment-791682272

12.1.0 (2021-03-06) (was only released under `next`)

Features

config-lerna-scopes: keep supporting lerna v3 (51b0f4a)

Open source →

12.0.123 Feb 2021

update dependency conventional-commits-parser to v3.2.1

Bug Fixes

update dependency conventional-commits-parser to v3.2.1 (#2459) (8bcc4f0)
load: use Rule | AsyncRule | SyncRule as rule value type in Plugin (#2146) (75b67b8)
types: correct chalkColor type (#2420) (ef8bdad)
update dependency throat to v6 (#2417) (6f7db1b)

Open source →

Additional notes

Bug Fixes

update dependency conventional-commits-parser to v3.2.1 (#2459) (8bcc4f0)
load: use Rule | AsyncRule | SyncRule as rule value type in Plugin (#2146) (75b67b8)
types: correct chalkColor type (#2420) (ef8bdad)
update dependency throat to v6 (#2417) (6f7db1b)

12.0.0 (2021-01-18)

Bug Fixes

remove unnecessary react babel transforms (#2399) (78f02fd)
utils: update code to allow it to be executed (#982) (52696d0)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v9.0.2 (#2250) (a10fa0b)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v9.0.5 (#2360) (3266712)
update dependency conventional-changelog-angular to v5.0.12 (#2361) (5766b39)
update dependency conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits to v4.4.0 (#2115) (bccc9f5)
update dependency conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits to v4.5.0 (#2362) (01c78bf)
update dependency execa to v4.1.0 (#2251) (b5743dd)
update dependency execa to v5 (#2341) (f349df9)
update dependency git-raw-commits to v2.0.7 (#2116) (ef969f3)
update dependency git-raw-commits to v2.0.8 (#2364) (3371715)
update dependency meow to v8 (#2245) (890961b)
update dependency meow to v8.1.0 (#2380) (0fbadcf)
update dependency pkg-dir to v5 (#2168) (b9d1c84)
update dependency semver to v7.3.4 (#2336) (790b61a)
update dependency tar-fs to v2.1.1 (#2261) (a04f24f)
is-ignored: ignore azure devops messages (#2230) (fe29ce7)
update dependency yargs to v16 (204f36d)
update dependency yargs to v16.1.0 (#2252) (6478d07)
resolve-extends: extends field should be resolved from left to right (#2070) (c0a86f5)

Features

cli: implement print-config cli flag (#2391) (8626883)
config-lerna-scopes: support yarn workspaces (#2149) (b244246)
load: allow specifying helpUrl via config (#2180) (d6795a3)
rules: add body-full-stop rule (#2144) (7767ca2)

BREAKING CHANGES

resolve-extends: The order of the extends resolution is changed from right-to-left to left-to-right

11.0.0 (2020-09-05)

Bug Fixes

cli: remove default value from edit option #2065 (3d4116d)
rules: ignore comments in signed-off-by (#2098) (b610bcd)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to ^9.0.1 (#2088) (cb1028e)
refactor!: drop support for lerna v2 (59667b3)

BREAKING CHANGES

remove lerna v2 support and tests

10.0.0 (2020-08-16)

Bug Fixes

update dependency (#1993) (32667e8)
update dependency cosmiconfig to v7 (#2044) (f4db933)
update dependency execa to v4 (#1936) (8efb441)
update dependency find-up to v5 (#2060) (25d42f4)
update dependency fs-extra to v9 (#1018) (2df49fa)
update dependency get-stdin to v8 (#1938) (f94a5c8)
refactor!: drop support for node 8 (#1999) (751f39f), closes #1999

BREAKING CHANGES

remove node 8 from circle-ci checks

also remove node 13 because we do not support experimental versions

docs: update node v10 to latest LTS 10 version

Co-authored-by: Cedric van Putten me@bycedric.com

Open source →

12.0.018 Jan 2021

remove unnecessary react babel transforms

Bug Fixes

remove unnecessary react babel transforms (#2399) (78f02fd)
utils: update code to allow it to be executed (#982) (52696d0)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v9.0.2 (#2250) (a10fa0b)
update dependency @types/fs-extra to v9.0.5 (#2360) (3266712)
update dependency conventional-changelog-angular to v5.0.12 (#2361) (5766b39)
update dependency conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits to v4.4.0 (#2115) (bccc9f5)
update dependency conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits to v4.5.0 (#2362) (01c78bf)
update dependency execa to v4.1.0 (#2251) (b5743dd)
update dependency execa to v5 (#2341) (f349df9)
update dependency git-raw-commits to v2.0.7 (#2116) (ef969f3)
update dependency git-raw-commits to v2.0.8 (#2364) (3371715)
update dependency meow to v8 (#2245) (890961b)
update dependency meow to v8.1.0 (#2380) (0fbadcf)
update dependency pkg-dir to v5 (#2168) (b9d1c84)
update dependency semver to v7.3.4 (#2336) (790b61a)
update dependency tar-fs to v2.1.1 (#2261) (a04f24f)
is-ignored: ignore azure devops messages (#2230) (fe29ce7)
update dependency yargs to v16 (204f36d)
update dependency yargs to v16.1.0 (#2252) (6478d07)
resolve-extends: extends field should be resolved from left to right (#2070) (c0a86f5)

Features

cli: implement print-config cli flag (#2391) (8626883)
config-lerna-scopes: support yarn workspaces (#2149) (b244246)
load: allow specifying helpUrl via config (#2180) (d6795a3)
rules: add body-full-stop rule (#2144) (7767ca2)

BREAKING CHANGES

resolve-extends: The order of the extends resolution is changed from right-to-left to left-to-right

Open source →

9.1.130 Jun 2020

load: resolve plugins from extended configs

Bug Fixes

load: resolve plugins from extended configs (#1976) (d0f0eb9)
mark internal packages as private #972 (#1970) (2351124)

9.1.0 (2020-06-21)

Bug Fixes

update dependency chalk to v4 (#1275) (a5d8fa1)
update dependency conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits to v4.3.0 (#1816) (f99aeda)
update dependency regenerator-runtime to v0.13.5 (#1017) (9c4fdf1)
update dependency semver to v7.3.2 (#1369) (3c09722)
update dependency tar-fs to v2.1.0 (#1103) (7882036)
update dependency tmp to v0.2.1 (#1817) (0ff72f4)

Features

add local plugins support (#1692) (7b29c48)
enable multiple scopes in scope-enum and scope-case rules (#901) (73632ce)

Open source →

9.0.126 May 2020

add missing @babel/runtime dep #1738

Bug Fixes

add missing @babel/runtime dep #1738 (#1754) (09afcd6)

9.0.0 (2020-05-21)

Bug Fixes

cli: add missing regenerator-runtime to dependencies (#919) (ee5eac9)
#840 add caret to lodash versions (#843) (ffc0bac)
drop support for 'improvement' type (#899) (b27ab08)
config-lerna-scopes: correct lerna in peerDependencies (#980) (f88f00d)
ignore empty commit messages #615 (#676) (c3eb1a7)
incorrect use of when in getForcedCaseFn (#993) (34c11b8)
update dependency semver to v7.1.3 (#995) (4ee307a)

Features

add async promise based rules methods into lint (#976) (4443062)
add possibility to extend from string (#865) (056c6fe)
passdown argv to lint command (#891) (c49a57c)
config-conventional: footer/body-max-line (#436) (8b394c9)
config-conventional: increase header-max-length to 100 (#860) (ff11998), closes #859

BREAKING CHANGES

'improvement' type will now be rejected by this config.

Open source →

8.3.617 Nov 2021Security

chore: update lodash to 4.17.21 SECURITY: CVE-2021-23337 in package lodash https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23337

8.3.6 (2021-11-17)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

chore: update lodash to 4.17.21 SECURITY: CVE-2021-23337 in package lodash https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23337

Open source →

Additional notes

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

chore: update lodash to 4.17.21 SECURITY: CVE-2021-23337 in package lodash https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23337

14.2.0 (2021-11-06)

Features

prompt: rewrite codebase to use inquirer - UPDATED with current master (#2697) (5105f43)

14.1.0 (2021-11-01)

Features

extend helpUrl from shareable config (#2846) (d7e2e2b)
load: add support for .commitlintrc.cjs and commitlint.config.cjs files (#2797) (fabb495)

14.0.0 (2021-10-26)

support multiple scopes and multiple cases & fix sentence-case is not consistent with commitlint/cli (#2806) (2c71a7e), closes #2806 #2782

BREAKING CHANGES

add prompt.settings configuration

Open source →

7.3.111 Jan 2019Deprecated

add fallback with husky git params to deprecation handling

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

7.3.0 (2019-01-11)

Bug Fixes

format: add new line to result (#518) (f1d443b), closes #504
add fallback with husky git params to deprecation handling (#498) (5a34b8c)
avoid truncated output on macOS (#503) (3192368)
fall back to conventional commit-parser settings for missing keys (#496) (831a141), closes #399
respect String.protoype.repeat API contract (f27e7ac)
update to security-patched dependency versions (97c033b)
use correct label for failing empty subjects (#481) (2e7e34d), closes #476

Features

check stage before entering prompt (#495) (3b3667a), closes #51 #51
warn on empty config (#491) (b6bd36e), closes #107 #107

Open source →

7.1.24 Sept 2018

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

7.1.0 (2018-08-29)

Features

wildcards: add new wildcard patterns #315 (e9ea17f)
add max line length to body/footer (542f50e)

6.2.0 (2018-05-01)

Features

print commit message when the message is invalid (86c34f1), closes #222
rules: support array for scope-case and type-case (#312) (1f46b9f), closes #307

Open source →

@commitlint/message

Release timeline

Releases

21.2.0 (2026-06-30)

Features

Chore

21.0.2 (2026-05-29)

Bug Fixes

Chore/CI

New Contributors

From the same repository

Bug Fixes

21.0.1 (2026-05-12)

Bug Fixes

CI

New Contributors

Bug Fixes

21.0.0 (2026-05-08)

Bug Fixes

BREAKING CHANGES

21.0.0 (2026-05-08)

Breaking

Fixes

Internals (Node 22 cleanup)

Dependency updates

20.4.3 (2026-03-03)

Bug Fixes

Chore etc.

New Contributors

Bug Fixes

20.4.0 (2026-01-30)

Features

Refactor

New Contributors

20.0.0 (2025-09-25)

Features

BREAKING CHANGES

Bug Fixes

BREAKING CHANGES

[19.9.1]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.9.0...v19.9.1 ) (2025-08-29)

Bug Fixes

19.8.1 (2025-05-08)

Performance Improvements

Docs

CI

New Contributors

Bug Fixes

Performance Improvements

19.8.0 (2025-03-07)

Bug Fixes

Features

Performance Improvements

Reverts

Bug Fixes

Performance Improvements

19.8.0 (2025-03-07)

Bug Fixes

Features

Chore, docs, etc.

New Contributors

Bug Fixes

Features

Performance Improvements

Reverts

[19.7.1]( conventional-changelog/commitlint@ v19.7.0...v19.7.1 ) (2025-02-02)

Bug Fixes

19.5.0 (2024-09-11)

Features

Chore

New Contributors

18.6.1 (2024-02-13)

Bug Fixes

Chore

New Contributors

Bug Fixes

18.6.0 (2024-01-25)

Features

18.4.4 (2024-01-04)

Bug Fixes

Docs

12.1.0 (2021-03-06) (was only released under `next`)