Merge pull request #143 from kraken-tech/validate-commits

Use validate-commits to check commits are valid

Author: samueljsb

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -60,3 +60,24 @@ jobs:
         python-version-file: '.github/workflows/.python-version'
     - run: pip install --group docs .
     - run: mkdocs build --strict
+
+  validate_commits:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+
+    # Only check commits on PR branches, where they can be changed.
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+    - run: |
+        git fetch origin main
+        git branch main origin/main
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      with:
+        python-version-file: '.github/workflows/.python-version'
+    - run: pip install validate_commits
+    - run: validate-commits

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- The `--since` CLI option
+  allows a base reference to be provided.
+  This facilitates checking commits since a default branch
+  that is not called 'main'.
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2026-04-16
 
 ## [0.2.1] - 2026-02-06

tox.ini

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ env_list =
     py3{12,13,14}-django{42,51,52,60}
     coverage
     mypy
+    validate_commits
 
 [testenv]
 # Install wheels instead of source distributions for faster execution.