From 14ddda6e2c94519ef50d54f55db77a7795a6ca8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nfebe <fenn25.fn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:24:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci(commits): Adopt the shared commit-message validation
 action

Replace the inline commitlint config with the shared action so the commit
rules live in one place across repos instead of a copy per repository.
---
 .github/workflows/commits.yml | 48 +----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 47 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/commits.yml b/.github/workflows/commits.yml
index ea4e0dc..beada07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commits.yml
@@ -10,50 +10,4 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 18
-      - run: npm install --save-dev @commitlint/{config-conventional,cli}
-
-      - name: Create commitlint config file
-        run: |
-          cat << EOF > commitlint.config.js
-          export default {
-            extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
-            rules: {
-              'type-enum': [2, 'always', [
-                'feat', 'fix', 'docs', 'style', 'refactor', 'test', 'chore', 'build', 'ci',
-                'enh', 'enhance', 'tweak', 'imp', 'improve',
-              ]],
-              'subject-case': [2, 'always', 'sentence-case'],
-
-              'header-max-length': [2, 'always', 80],
-            },
-            ignores: [
-              (commit) => commit.includes('Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot]')
-            ]
-          };
-          EOF
-
-      - name: Run commitlint
-        run: npx commitlint --from HEAD^ --to HEAD --config commitlint.config.js
-
-      - name: Fail if commitlint fails (but not for Dependabot)
-        if: ${{ failure() && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'}}
-        run: |
-          echo "::error::Invalid commit message format. Please follow the conventional commit guidelines:"
-          echo "::error::- Type: One of: feat, fix, docs, style, refactor, test, chore, build, ci, enh, enhance, tweak, imp, improve"
-          echo "::error::- Scope (optional): A short name of the part of the codebase affected (e.g., 'auth', 'ui')."
-          echo "::error::- Subject: A brief description of the change, starting with a capital letter and generally in lowercase. Keep it concise (under 80 characters)."
-          echo "::error::- Body (optional): More detailed explanation of the change."
-          echo "::error::- Footer (optional): Related issue references, etc."
-          echo ""
-          echo "::error::Example:"
-          echo "::error::feat(user-authentication): Implement user login"
-          echo ""
-          echo "::error::For more information, see: [https://github.com/whilesmart/conventions/blob/main/commits.md]"
-          exit 1
+      - uses: whilesmart/workflows/commits@main