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Installation ​

With Homebrew ​

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Recommended

git-commit-message-summary-length is available on Homebrew. Run

shell
brew install olets/tap/git-commit-message-summary-length

and follow the post-install instructions logged to the terminal.

brew upgrade will upgrade you to the latest version, even if it's a major version change.

Want to stay on this major version until you choose to upgrade to the next? When installing git-commit-message-summary-length with Homebrew for the first time, run

shell
brew install olets/tap/git-commit-message-summary-length@1

If you've already installed olets/tap/git-commit-message-summary-length with Homebrew, you can switch to the v6 formula by running

shell
brew uninstall --force git-commit-message-summary-length && brew install olets/tap/git-commit-message-summary-length@6

With a shell plugin manager ​

Zsh ​

You can install git-commit-message-summary-length with a shell plugin manager, including those built into frameworks such as Oh-My-Zsh (OMZ) and prezto. Each has their own way of doing things. Read your package manager's documentation or the zsh plugin manager plugin installation procedures gist.

Want to stay on this major version until you choose to upgrade to the next? Use your package manager's convention for specifying the branch v1.

After adding the plugin to the manager, it will be available in all new terminals. To use it in an already-open terminal, restart your shell in that terminal:

shell
exec zsh

Other shells ​

Users of shells other than zsh may be able to install git-commit-message-summary-length as a plugin. Check your plugin manager's documentation for support for installing commands.

Manual ​

  1. Either

    • download the archive of the release of your choice from https://github.com/olets/git-commit-message-summary-length/releases and expand it (ensures you have the latest official release),

    • or clone a single branch:

      shell
      git clone https://github.com/olets/git-commit-message-summary-length --recurse-submodules --single-branch --branch <branch> --depth 1

      Replace <branch> with a branch name. Good options are main (for the latest stable release), next (for the latest release, even if it isn't stable), or v6 (for releases in this major version).

  2. Put the file git-commit-message-summary-length in a directory in your PATH.