Lintje 0.4.0 released!

8 October, 2021

Branch name validation is now in Lintje! Check out all the improvements in version 0.4.

Better handling of Git commands when they fail. Print an error message when a Git command fails (like calling git log) and when Git is not installed.
Improve SubjectCliche rule to catch plurals of words (e.g. “fix tests”) and check for more subject prefixes like “add fix”, “update code”, “remove file”.
Improve wording of the SubjectCapitalization violation message.
Add branch name validation.
- Can be disabled with the --no-branch flag.
- New BranchNameTicketNumber rule to scan branch names for ticket numbers, and fix-### formats. Ticket numbers are accepted as long as the name is more than a combination of a prefix and number.
- New BranchNameLength rule checks for a minimum branch name length of four characters.
- New BranchNamePunctuation rule checks for a branch names starting or ending with punctuation.
- New BranchNameCliche rule checks for a branch names is a cliché. “fix-bug” or “add-test” branches are no longer accepted.
Fix emoji false positives in SubjectPunctuation. It will no longer match on numbers and * and # as emoji at the start of a subject.
Ignore commits made by GitHub bots. Project members can’t always ensure that all bots follow the rules set by Lintje.
Add Debian installation method. More information in the installation docs.
Print the singular “violation” label when Lintje only finds one violation.
Print number of ignored commits, if any commits are ignored.