Commit Lint [docker action]

commitlint checks if your commit messages meet the conventional commit format.

Adapted from commit-lint, See also commitlint-analizer for more.

The latest version available for this action is 7728686b. It was last updated on Fri Feb 27 2026.

Inputs

path

The path to the repository that will be checked. Defaults to the location of actions/checkout default path.

• required: false
• default: /github/workspace

title_min_length

Min length of a commit title

• required: false
• default: 10

title_max_length

Max length of a commit title

• required: false
• default: 50

body_max_line_length

Maximum length of a line in the commit body. Defaults to 80

• required: false
• default: 80

pattern

A ticket reference that should be matched. Leave empty for no reference requirements.

• required: false
• default:

pattern_every_commit

Require the pattern to match every commit. Defaults to require one match per PR.

• required: false
• default: false

pattern_in_title

Allow or disallow having a ticket reference in the title, defaults to false.

• required: false
• default: false

Examples

As a step in pre-existing job.

• uses: actions/checkout@master
• … other steps
• uses: dogmatic69/actions@7728686b

This simple job example has the bare minimum required to run.

commit-lint: name: Commit Lint runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@master - uses: dogmatic69/actions@7728686b

This example has all possible inputs, with dummy data.

commit-lint: name: Commit Lint runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@master - uses: dogmatic69/actions@7728686b with: path: foobar title_min_length: foobar title_max_length: foobar body_max_line_length: foobar pattern: foobar pattern_every_commit: foobar pattern_in_title: foobar