This is my shareable config for commitlint. My config mostly follows angular commit convention, as implemented in the "soft fork" as @commitlint/config-conventional.

Beyond what is implemented in the @commitlint/config-conventional, I also enable a type of wip for commits that don't fit the default types. This is most often because the does not complete one of default types, but is instead progress toward one.

$ npm install commitlint-config-travi -D

$ echo "module.exports = {extends: ['travi']};" > .commitlintrc.js

(in a .huskyrc.json, for example)

{
  "hooks": {
    "commit-msg": "commitlint -e"
  }
}