commentChar default should use git config `core.commentchar`

[jscheid]

Expected Behavior

Default setting for commentchar is the output of git config core.commentchar.

Current Behavior

Default setting for commentchar is #.

Affected packages

• [x] cli
• [ ] core
• [ ] prompt
• [ ] config-angular

Context

Hi, thanks for this tool. The commentChar setting appears to default to # if not overridden explicitly: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/blob/1ee518caca0cf758c8404554063d1ca42cacba8d/%40commitlint/cli/src/cli.ts#L224-L229

I think it would be better if it defaulted to the output of git config core.commentchar. I know I can override it in my config, but other people might have it set to something else (I have mine set globally in ~/.gitconfig) so not sure how I can make that work without being able to specify a global override.

This was brought up before in #2351.

[escapedcat]

Thanks! Uhm, sounds like a valid improvement. Do you have time to give that a try?

[jscheid]

Sure, I can give it a go. Can I remove this test? https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/commit/5badf6dc08116ed3557e6c780e55764b4f07ca67#diff-c89c0216f62496bace8eebb7c6e1f9c11a6f1a1f55acbff74afb358439363b88

[escapedcat]

Can I remove this test?

"Adjusting" sounds better, sure. I assume you could cover different examples with tests, right? Like i.s. # and $?

[jscheid]

I meant that the test will fail after the change because #1234 isn't an empty commit when commentChar is $.

[escapedcat]

Yeah, makes sense

[jscheid]

Should these instructions be working? It runs (Found 0 errors) but doesn't seem to pick up file changes in cli.test.ts. I'm on MacOS

[jscheid]

Ah, yarn test works (but only after yarn build). Might want to update the instructions. All good.

[escapedcat]

Looks like it only picks up changes in non-test files and does not run tests (anymore). The README might still reffer to the pre-TS setup. Happy for any improvements you're willing to add :)

[jscheid]

Actually, can you help me understand that test case ☝️

It still passes when I comment out the line where it sets core.commentChar with git so that's irrelevant.

typeof opts.parserOpts.commentChar !== 'string' is false with fixtures/comment-char, so the line opts.parserOpts.commentChar = '#'; should never be executed.. and opts.parserOpts.commentChar remain at $ which would mean #1234 isn't empty. But the test passes.

So... does that mean opts.parserOpts.commentChar is ignored? What exactly is this test testing?

[jscheid]

So... does that mean opts.parserOpts.commentChar is ignored? What exactly is this test testing?

I've worked it out, the test was broken because it checks to see if subject is empty but with a commit message like #1234 the subject is always empty, regardless of comment char, because there's no xyz: header. I've changed the tests to use body instead.

PR pushed: #3191

[jscheid]

Works great now, thanks again!