Git linter GitHub Action

This action uses a Docker image based on the go-gitlint CLI tool.

Usage

Create a new GitHub Actions workflow at .github/workflows/gitlint.yaml with this content:

name: Git linter
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  gitlint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out the code
        # checkout code before linting
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          # fetch 20 commits (increase if needed)
          fetch-depth: '20'
      - name: Lint
        # run linter (use latest version here)
        uses: g4s8/gitlint-action@0.2
        with:
          # see `Inputs` section for more details
          since: "2020-03-30"

Inputs

`pattern`

Override the commit subject pattern. The default value is \(?#\d+\)? - .+.

`since`

Specify the start date for linting git messages. The format is YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2020-03-30). The default value is 1970-01-01.