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@commitlint/rules

21.2.3conventional-changelog/commitlint ↗New releases in your daily digest, changelog included.

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Last release 15 days ago
19 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 4 weeks
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 59 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
9 years old
95 releases · first in 2017

Release timeline

95 releases since 2017

20172019202120232025

Releases

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

One column per quarter.

Additional notes

Features

rules: add body-full-stop rule (#2144) (7767ca2)

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11.0.05 Sept 2020

remove lerna v2 support and tests

BREAKING CHANGES

remove lerna v2 support and tests

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)

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Additional notes

Bug Fixes

rules: ignore comments in signed-off-by (#2098) (b610bcd)

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10.0.016 Aug 2020

refactor!: drop support for node 8 (#1999) (751f39f), closes #1999

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

9.1.2 (2020-07-13)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

9.1.1 (2020-06-30)

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9.1.213 Jul 2020

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

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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)

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9.1.021 Jun 2020

enable multiple scopes in scope-enum and scope-case rules

Features

enable multiple scopes in scope-enum and scope-case rules (#901) (73632ce)

9.0.1 (2020-05-26)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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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.

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9.0.021 May 2020

add async promise based rules methods into lint

Bug Fixes

#840 add caret to lodash versions (#843) (ffc0bac)

Features

add async promise based rules methods into lint (#976) (4443062)

8.3.4 (2020-01-03)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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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

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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

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8.3.43 Jan 2020

commitlint: use new read pkg syntax

Bug Fixes

commitlint: use new read pkg syntax (#888) (6b3b9a9)

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8.3.222 Oct 2019

Nothing published for this version

8.3.016 Oct 2019

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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8.2.016 Sept 2019

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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8.1.015 Jul 2019

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Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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8.0.024 May 2019

Nothing published for this version

7.6.06 May 2019

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

7.5.2 (2019-02-11)

Bug Fixes

failing sentence-case for subjects with slashes (#574) (48a8602)

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7.5.211 Feb 2019

failing sentence-case for subjects with slashes

Bug Fixes

failing sentence-case for subjects with slashes (#574) (48a8602)
cli: replace old links with new organisation links (#578) (4075903)

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7.5.031 Jan 2019

replace all repository references with conventional changelog

Bug Fixes

replace all repository references with conventional changelog (#561) (6c3afcd)

Features

rule-header-length: show current header length (6d61c4f)

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7.4.027 Jan 2019

rules: create header-case and header-full-stop rules

Features

rules: create header-case and header-full-stop rules (#547) (4c36cbd)

7.3.1 (2019-01-11)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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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

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7.2.05 Oct 2018

rules: include possible body offset in footer leading blank

Bug Fixes

rules: include possible body offset in footer leading blank (ff0111a)
handle case rules for numerics correctly (cadcfed)

7.1.2 (2018-09-04)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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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

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7.1.129 Aug 2018

Nothing published for this version

7.1.029 Aug 2018

wildcards: add new wildcard patterns #315

Features

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

Bug fixes

support lerva v3 #406 (58bb47fc90aee2494839eafe3ed8107d078f48bc)

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Additional notes

Features

add max line length to body/footer (542f50e)

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7.0.02 Jun 2018

add environment variable cli flag

Breaking Changes

Dropped support for Node.js 4

Bug Fixes

ignore case of words in quotes
add environment variable cli flag
do not negate case rules

Features

add wildcard for Github deployment commits

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6.2.01 May 2018

print commit message when the message is invalid (86c34f1), closes #222

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

Bug Fixes

ensure: ignore word delimiters for case matching #291 (fa69299)

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Additional notes

Features

rules: support array for scope-case and type-case (#312) (1f46b9f), closes #307

6.1.1 (2018-02-22)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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6.1.32 Mar 2018

Nothing published for this version

6.1.222 Feb 2018

Nothing published for this version

6.1.03 Feb 2018

parse: default to angular preset for empty parserOpts (#265) (ccb03b4), closes #262

Bug Fixes

parse: default to angular preset for empty parserOpts (#265) (ccb03b4), closes #262

Features

add "--config" option (#261) (2c03ec6)

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Additional notes

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

6.0.4 (2018-01-31)

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6.0.3 (2018-01-31)

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6.0.2 (2018-01-12)

Bug Fixes

remove typo in error message of type-case (cb577cb)

6.0.1 (2018-01-09)

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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6.0.431 Jan 20182 sources agree

### Bug Fixes * remove faulty bin entry #259

Bug Fixes

remove faulty bin entry #259 (beafbc6)

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6.0.331 Jan 20182 sources agree

update dependency cosmiconfig to ^4.0.0

Bug Fixes

update dependency cosmiconfig to ^4.0.0 (#234) (7f94ac5)
update dependency semver to v5.5.0 (#236) (6c52bd9)

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6.0.212 Jan 20182 sources agree

ignore branch merges with multiple newlines

6.0.2 (2018-01-12)

Bug Fixes

ignore branch merges with multiple newlines (#227) (1f0c5ca)
remove typo in error message of type-case (cb577cb)

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6.0.19 Jan 2018

rules: remove typo in error message of type-case

Fixues

rules: remove typo in error message of type-case

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Additional notes

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/root

6.0.0 (2018-01-09)

Bug Fixes

allow [0] shorthand (84cf938)
correctly resolve parserOpts #115 #95 (1353dd5)
ignore branch merges with newlines (#214) (c94c4dc)
sanitize ensure.case #211 (#217) (03aeefc)

Styles

validate rule configuration (edf7187)

BREAKING CHANGES

Due to additional validation while reading commitlint config, previously ignored rule settings are now considered critical errors when starting the CLI. The new behaviour is designed to help developers find issues with their configuration quicker.

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6.0.09 Jan 2018

correctly resolve parserOpts #115 #95

6.0.0 (2018-01-09)

Bug Fixes

allow [0] shorthand (84cf938)
correctly resolve parserOpts #115 #95 (1353dd5)
ignore branch merges with newlines (#214) (c94c4dc)
sanitize ensure.case #211 (#217) (03aeefc)

Styles

validate rule configuration (edf7187)

BREAKING CHANGES

Due to additional validation while reading commitlint config, previously ignored rule settings are now considered critical errors when starting the CLI. The new behaviour is designed to help developers find issues with their configuration quicker.

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Additional notes

Note: Version bump only for package @commitlint/rules

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5.2.826 Dec 2017

correctly resolve parserOpts #115 #95

Bug Fixes

allow [0] shorthand (2210dd9)
correctly resolve parserOpts #115 #95 (7c3d49a)
sanitize ensure.case #211 (e18dc4c)

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