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purplebooth/git-lint-validators
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Lint git commits

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> This package is abandoned and no longer maintained. The author suggests using the [sebastianfeldmann/captainhook](https://github.com/sebastianfeldmann/captainhook) package instead.

Git Lint
========

[](#git-lint)

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This project is designed to ensure that the commits you're making to a repository follow the git coding style. This is simply the basic validators.

The standard that they test for is [the one described by Chris Beams](http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/).

The validations it implements are:

- Separate subject from body with a blank line
- Limit the subject line to 50 characters (soft limit, hard limit at 69)
- Capitalize the subject line
- Do not end the subject line with a period
- Wrap the body at 72 characters

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Prerequisities

[](#prerequisities)

You'll need to install:

- PHP (Minimum 7.0)

### Installing

[](#installing)

```
composer require --dev PurpleBooth/git-lint-validators
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Tool

[](#tool)

You can try out this library by using it as a [git commit hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks).

#### Git hook installation

[](#git-hook-installation)

Use the `install-git-hook` Composer script to install the hook. An existing hook is backed to `.git/hooks/commit-msg.bak`.

```
composer install-git-hook
```

It's fairly customisable too, here are some options:

```
$ vendor/bin/git-lint-validators help git-lint-validator:hook
Usage:
  git-lint-validator:hook [options] [--]

Arguments:
  commit-message-file                Path to commit message file

Options:
  -i, --ignore[=IGNORE]              Ignore a commit message that matches this pattern and don't test it [default: ["/^Merge branch/"]] (multiple values allowed)
  -c, --comment-char[=COMMENT-CHAR]  Ignore lines that are prefixed with this character [default: "#"]
  -h, --help                         Display this help message
  -q, --quiet                        Do not output any message
  -V, --version                      Display this application version
      --ansi                         Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi                      Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction               Do not ask any interactive question
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose               Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Help:
 Check your commit messages to ensure they follow the guidelines described by Chris Beams.
 To enable the Git hook in your project run 'composer install-git-hook.'

 Here are some good articles on commit message style:

 * http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/
 * https://git-scm.com/book/ch5-2.html#Commit-Guidelines
 * https://github.com/blog/926-shiny-new-commit-styles

```

#### Output While Running

[](#output-while-running)

```

$ git commit

 [ERROR] Incorrectly formatted commit message

 * Please limit the body line length of the commit message to 72 characters (http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/#wrap-72)

Your Commit Message
-------------------

 Add commit message to output of hook

 It can be frustrating if you've lost a large git commit message because it
 doesn't match the style guide. This will add a little message including
 your commit details
 # Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
 # with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
 # On branch added-original-commit-message-to-hook
 # Changes to be committed:
 #	modified:   src/PurpleBooth/GitLintValidators/Command/Hook.php
 #

 [WARNING] A commit has not been created

```

#### Git commit message template installation

[](#git-commit-message-template-installation)

Use the `install-git-commit-message-template` Composer script to install and configure a [commit message template](https://robots.thoughtbot.com/better-commit-messages-with-a-gitmessage-template) following the [rules of Chris Beams](http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/#seven-rules). The commit message template is written to `.git/.gitmessage` and will than be used when issuing a `git commit` w/o the message option.

```
composer install-git-commit-message-template
```

### Library

[](#library)

You can use the whole library

```