@musicmatze Yeah, I only tolerate an npm-based solution for this is because GitHub Actions completely hides it from me (and from all contributors).

I would prefer #gitlint too, so now I'm looking at options to solve

https://github.com/jorisroovers/gitlint/issues/270

in a proper way, and packaging the latest version for Gentoo ^^

@musicmatze After reviewing several tools, I currently find #commitlint the most useful for checking commit messages.

➕: flexible enough configuration that allows me to tune it to my preferences, instead of following someone else's opinions

➖: it needs npm which doesn't fit any of my projects

I use it as a GitHub Action for PRs, and locally I let vim highlight/autoformat my own commit messages.

#gitlint is pretty close too, it only misses a "subject must start uppercase" rule I care about.