What's Changed

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix: keep a piped message out of the branch, author, tag and push checks by @shenxianpeng in #579
• fix: report the force-push check as skipped when it has nothing to compare by @shenxianpeng in #591

📝 Documentation

• docs: link the README's Python API note to its page on the site by @shenxianpeng in #590
• docs: point the badge snippet at commit-check.com/badge.svg by @shenxianpeng in #589
• docs: re-record the demo in the brand's terminal colors by @shenxianpeng in #588
• docs: make the README a landing page and link out for reference by @shenxianpeng in #587
• docs: link the App's install page, not its Marketplace listing by @shenxianpeng in #586

Full Changelog: v2.18.1...v2.18.2

What's Changed

📝 Documentation

• docs(readme): add Conventional Branch adoption badge by @shenxianpeng in #582

👻 Maintenance

• ci: test on Python 3.15 by @itzzdev09 in #583

Full Changelog: v2.18.0...v2.18.1

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• feat: disclose AI assistance with a trailer, never as a co-author or sign-off by @shenxianpeng in #575
• feat: name what was rejected and by how much when a check fails by @shenxianpeng in #571

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix: name the setting behind a regex that will not compile by @shenxianpeng in #574
• fix: keep allowed branch types and names as regexes by @shenxianpeng in #573
• fix: run the checks under --dry-run, exit 2 and name the file on config errors by @shenxianpeng in #570
• fix: anchor branch names, exempt only git subjects, report config errors by @shenxianpeng in #569

📝 Documentation

• docs: configuration reference table, contributor docs cleanup, dedupe helpers by @shenxianpeng in #572

👻 Maintenance

• chore: link spec names in errors and shorten long rule suggestions by @shenxianpeng in #568

Full Changelog: v2.17.0...v2.18.0

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• feat: report a rule without enforcing it with a top-level warn list by @shenxianpeng in #565
• feat: name the correction when a failed check has an unambiguous fix by @shenxianpeng in #564

📝 Documentation

• docs: update commit-check version to v2.17.0 by @shenxianpeng in #566
• docs: mention the Commit Check GitHub App as an enforcement point by @shenxianpeng in #563

Full Changelog: v2.16.0...v2.17.0

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• feat: add file metadata checks (CC302-CC304) by @shenxianpeng in #560
• feat: add tag name validation (CC401) by @shenxianpeng in #559

📝 Documentation

• docs: Update commit-check version to v2.16.0 by @shenxianpeng in #561

📦 Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump CodSpeedHQ/action from 5.0.3 to 5.2.1 in the github-actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #556
• chore(deps-dev): bump nox from 2026.8.10 to 2026.8.17 in the pip group by @dependabot[bot] in #555
• chore(deps-dev): bump nox from 2026.7.11 to 2026.8.10 in the pip group by @dependabot[bot] in #554

Full Changelog: v2.15.1...v2.16.0

What's Changed

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix: support the NO_COLOR convention for disabling color by @shenxianpeng in #552
• fix: only emit ANSI color when stdout is a TTY by @larsch in #551

📝 Documentation

• docs: Clean up README formatting by @shenxianpeng in #549

🚦 Tests

• test: stop four JSON tests taking their verdict from the checkout by @shenxianpeng in #548

Full Changelog: v2.15.0...v2.15.1

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• feat: add --rev, and stop the CLI hanging or passing in silence by @shenxianpeng in #544

📦 Dependencies

• chore(deps): bump the github-actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #542

Full Changelog: v2.14.0...v2.15.0

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• feat: check imperative mood by form rather than by vocabulary by @shenxianpeng in #540

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix: stop the release from trying to publish its dependencies by @shenxianpeng in #539

👻 Maintenance

• ci: check this pull request with the commit-check in it by @shenxianpeng in #541
• ci: run commit-check on every PR, and check the title as it will land by @shenxianpeng in #531

Full Changelog: v2.13.4...v2.14.0

What's Changed

🚀 Features

• feat: report a skipped check as skipped, not as passed by @shenxianpeng in #537

Full Changelog: v2.13.3...v2.13.4

What's Changed

🐛 Bug fixes

• fix: distinguish an absent commit message from an empty one by @shenxianpeng in #534

📝 Documentation

• docs: refresh README sample output to match what commit-check prints by @shenxianpeng in #535

Full Changelog: v2.13.2...v2.13.3