fix: found error with line length in a release commit (inc skip ci)

[SSmale]

Steps to Reproduce

https://github.com/SSmale/Duux-Home-Assistant/actions/runs/21101074468/job/60685349581#step:4:1

Error log from the ci run

Manually

git commit -m 'chore(release): 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]'

Current Behavior

The Problem
For a commit like:
chore(release): 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]

Step-by-step breakdown:

1. First line: "chore(release): 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]"
2. After replace: " 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]"
3. After trim: "2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]"
4. semver.valid("2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]") → null ❌

So it doesn't match and the commit is NOT ignored.

What It SHOULD Match

For proper semantic-release support, it should also strip common CI skip markers:

• [skip ci]
• [ci skip]
• [skip-ci]
• [ci-skip]
• Potentially: (skip ci), (ci skip), etc.

Expected Behavior

Message ignored as it’s CI generated

Affected packages

• cli
• core
• prompt
• config-angular

Possible Solution

No response

Context

No response

commitlint --version

Unknown

git --version

Unknown

node --version

Unknown

[escapedcat]

Error:

body's lines must not be longer than 100 characters [body-max-line-length]

Commit body includes this (longer than 100 chars):
adds the IDs in for edge heater from Issue ([0aed679](https://github.com/SSmale/Duux-Home-Assistant/commit/0aed6793fe410b10de93a51db16f8311377fdffe))

Looks correctly marked as an error, no?

[SSmale]

But the commit is from the CI, not a human, so should have been ignored by the first line as it has a semver.

The error is right, but it shouldn't have been reported due to that.

[escapedcat]

Got it. Long URL links are not counted anymore in the current version of commitlint. Looks like the action is using an old version.

Here's what the AI found:

Perfect! Now I have all the information I need. The GitHub Action v6.2.1 is using commitlint v19 (as shown by the dependencies like @commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.1.0").
Complete Analysis
Based on my investigation, here's what I found:
Root Cause Confirmed
The user is experiencing this error because:

1. The GitHub Action wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v6.2.1 uses commitlint v19.x
   • Confirmed from package.json: "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.1.0"
2. The URL exception feature was added in commitlint v20.0.0
   • Released on September 25, 2025
   • PR feat(rules): make body-max-line-length ignore lines with URLs #4486 by Adam Spiers
   • This is a BREAKING CHANGE
3. The failing line (108 characters):
   2.3.3-beta.1 (2026-01-17)
   • Contains a valid https:// URL
   • Would pass in v20.0.0+ but fails in v19.x
     The Issue
     The GitHub Action needs to be updated to use commitlint v20.x to get the URL exception feature. The action maintainer hasn't released a v7 yet that includes commitlint v20.

Does this help? Maybe open up an issue at https://github.com/wagoid/commitlint-github-action

[escapedcat]

Did some more digging because you expected it to to be ignored in the first place:

The Root Causes
Two separate issues:

1. commitlint bug/limitation: The semver ignore pattern doesn't account for common suffixes like [skip ci] or [ci skip]
2. GitHub Action outdated: Using commitlint v19 instead of v20 which has URL exceptions
   Possible Solutions
   I can see several approaches:
   Option 1: Fix commitlint's default ignore pattern (Best long-term)

• Modify the isSemver() function in @commitlint/is-ignored/src/defaults.ts to strip common CI skip markers before checking semver
• This would help all users, not just this one
  Option 2: Document the workaround (Quick fix)
• Tell users to add custom ignore in their .commitlintrc.yml:
  extends:
  • '@commitlint/config-conventional'
    ignores:
  • (commit) => /[skip ci]/i.test(commit)
  • (commit) => /[ci skip]/i.test(commit)

[SSmale]

Thanks, I'll raise an issue on the action repo.

With regards to it not ignoring it, the start of the commit message is the default semantic release one, and I would expect that to be ignored without me needing to add my own.

I think that is a bug in this repo (but might have been fixed since) but is separate from the URL fix.

I will try the ignore later as a workaround in the mean time.

[escapedcat]

Thanks, I'll raise an issue on the action repo.

👍

With regards to it not ignoring it, the start of the commit message is the default semantic release one, and I would expect that to be ignored without me needing to add my own.
I think that is a bug in this repo (but might have been fixed since) but is separate from the URL fix.
I will try the ignore later as a workaround in the mean time.

Yeah, those are two different things. The URL one is fixed and will help you but will not solve the real issue of ignoring the "ci skip". But if you adjust your config it will ignore that as well.
I guess this should be added to the default config.

[SSmale]

The start of my commit message should have caused it to skip, even if it didn't see the skip part.

The message is 'chore(release): v2.3.3-beta.1 blah' so it should have stripped the chore() part and then seen the semver.

[escapedcat]

Yeah, that's what AI said:

The Problem
For a commit like:
chore(release): 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]

Step-by-step breakdown:

1. First line: "chore(release): 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]"
2. After replace: " 2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]"
3. After trim: "2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]"
4. semver.valid("2.3.3-beta.1 [skip ci]") → null ❌

So it doesn't match and the commit is NOT ignored.

What It SHOULD Match

For proper semantic-release support, it should also strip common CI skip markers:

• [skip ci]
• [ci skip]
• [skip-ci]
• [ci-skip]
• Potentially: (skip ci), (ci skip), etc.

[SSmale]

Sorry, is that you agreeing there is an issue to be fixed?

[escapedcat]

Sorry, yes :D

[SSmale]

how would I add the ignore to a yaml config file?

extends:
  - '@commitlint/config-conventional'
ignores:
  - (commit) => /[ci skip]/i.test(commit)
  - (commit) => /[skip ci]/i.test(commit)

is not valid

error running commitlint
Commitlint configuration in /github/workspace/.commitlintrc.yml is invalid:
	- "/ignores/0" should be a function. Value: "(commit) => /[ci skip]/i.test(commit)".

Error: Commitlint configuration in /github/workspace/.commitlintrc.yml is invalid:
	- "/ignores/0" should be a function. Value: "(commit) => /[ci skip]/i.test(commit)".

[knocte]

Sorry, yes

Do you mind editing the issue then @escapedcat ? I'm having trouble understanding the "Steps to reproduce" section, let alone the "no response" current behaviour.