nodejs/core-validate-commit

Validate commit messages for Node.js core

55

stars

192

commits

JavaScript

primary language

Sep 2, 2026

updated

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README

core-validate-commit

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Validate the commit message for a particular commit in node core

Install

$ npm install [-g] core-validate-commit

Usage

# for a single commit
$ core-validate-commit <sha>

# validate since <sha>
$ git rev-list <sha>..HEAD | xargs core-validate-commit

# list all rules
$ core-validate-commit --list
         fixes-url enforce format of Fixes URLs
  line-after-title enforce a blank newline after the commit title
       line-length enforce max length of lines in commit body
      metadata-end enforce that metadata is at the end of commit messages
            pr-url enforce PR-URL
         reviewers enforce having reviewers
         subsystem enforce subsystem validity
      title-format enforce commit title format
      title-length enforce max length of commit title

To see a list of valid subsystems:

$ core-validate-commit --list-subsystem

Valid subsystems are also defined in lib/rules/subsystem.js.

Test

$ npm test

Author

Evan Lucas

License

MIT (See LICENSE for more info)

Contributors

(top 30 of 33)

evanlucas

55 commits

richardlau

31 commits

Trott

24 commits

joyeecheung

14 commits

nodejs/core-validate-commit

Validate commit messages for Node.js core

55

stars

192

commits

JavaScript

primary language

Sep 2, 2026

updated

node
nodejs
Browse cluster: JavaScript and Node.js ecosystem

README

core-validate-commit

Build Status codecov

Validate the commit message for a particular commit in node core

Install

$ npm install [-g] core-validate-commit

Usage

# for a single commit
$ core-validate-commit <sha>

# validate since <sha>
$ git rev-list <sha>..HEAD | xargs core-validate-commit

# list all rules
$ core-validate-commit --list
         fixes-url enforce format of Fixes URLs
  line-after-title enforce a blank newline after the commit title
       line-length enforce max length of lines in commit body
      metadata-end enforce that metadata is at the end of commit messages
            pr-url enforce PR-URL
         reviewers enforce having reviewers
         subsystem enforce subsystem validity
      title-format enforce commit title format
      title-length enforce max length of commit title

To see a list of valid subsystems:

$ core-validate-commit --list-subsystem

Valid subsystems are also defined in lib/rules/subsystem.js.

Test

$ npm test

Author

Evan Lucas

License

MIT (See LICENSE for more info)

Contributors

(top 30 of 33)

evanlucas

55 commits

richardlau

31 commits

Trott

24 commits

joyeecheung

14 commits

Languages

JavaScript

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