Setup Commitizen and CommitLint

commitizen_setup.md

Setup

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Install commitlint cli and conventional config

npm i -D @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cli

Configure commitlint to use conventional config

echo "module.exports = {extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']}" > commitlint.config.cjs

Install husky

npm i -D husky

Active hooks

npx husky install

Add hook

npx husky add .husky/commit-msg 'npx --no -- commitlint --edit $1'

Install commitizen

npm i -D commitizen @commitlint/cz-commitlint inquirer

add this to your package.json

  "scripts": {
    "release": "standard-version --no-verify"
    // use --no-verify to skip git hooks we'll introduce later
  }

Install standard-version

npm i -D standard-version

install commitizen globally

npm install commitizen -g

initialize the changelog

commitizen init cz-conventional-changelog --save-dev --save-exact