From 9f92a7422063b41d77af910d56dac70681be5b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Tompkins <carl@ctomp.io>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 11:37:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: ignore empty commit messages #615

bypass rules for completely empty commit messages (only of blank
lines/comments in message)
---
 @commitlint/lint/src/lint.test.ts |  9 ++++++---
 @commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts      | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.test.ts b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.test.ts
index c8ff6cc123..c43cac2ede 100644
--- a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.test.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.test.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ test('throws without params', async () => {
 	await expect(error).rejects.toThrow('Expected a raw commit');
 });
 
-test('throws with empty message', async () => {
-	const error = (lint as any)('');
-	await expect(error).rejects.toThrow('Expected a raw commit');
+test('positive on empty message', async () => {
+	expect(await lint('')).toMatchObject({
+		valid: true,
+		errors: [],
+		warnings: []
+	});
 });
 
 test('positive on stub message and no rule', async () => {
diff --git a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
index f216c7996e..242c91fdce 100644
--- a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ export default async function lint(
 
 	// Parse the commit message
 	const parsed = await parse(message, undefined, opts.parserOpts);
+
+	if (
+		parsed.header === null &&
+		parsed.body === null &&
+		parsed.footer === null
+	) {
+		// Commit is empty, skip
+		return {
+			valid: true,
+			errors: [],
+			warnings: [],
+			input: message
+		};
+	}
+
 	const allRules: Map<string, Rule<unknown> | Rule<never>> = new Map(
 		Object.entries(defaultRules)
 	);

From c8252868d637dce6fd4aed34d849c299a7ff971f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Nebl <mnebl@atlassian.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:58:09 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fix: skip parsing for empty strings

---
 @commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
index f8cb193f93..a0fc5d0d78 100644
--- a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export default async function lint(
 	}
 
 	// Parse the commit message
-	const parsed = await parse(message, undefined, opts.parserOpts);
+	const parsed = message === ''
+		? { header: null, body: null, footer: null }
+		: await parse(message, undefined, opts.parserOpts);
 
 	if (
 		parsed.header === null &&

From 267cc6e7a2a4c27a7ce4d26dc90b214c900339e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Nebl <mnebl@atlassian.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:02:39 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] style: apply autoformatting

---
 @commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
index a0fc5d0d78..6917d74611 100644
--- a/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/lint/src/lint.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ export default async function lint(
 	}
 
 	// Parse the commit message
-	const parsed = message === ''
-		? { header: null, body: null, footer: null }
-		: await parse(message, undefined, opts.parserOpts);
+	const parsed =
+		message === ''
+			? {header: null, body: null, footer: null}
+			: await parse(message, undefined, opts.parserOpts);
 
 	if (
 		parsed.header === null &&