From a10ee198172ea30da2bd32639cd49fd4def551f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Binu Thomas <thomas.thomas@diamond.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:38:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ci): added commit linting

---
 .github/workflows/_commit_msg.yml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/ci.yml          |  8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/_commit_msg.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/_commit_msg.yml b/.github/workflows/_commit_msg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb4028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/_commit_msg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: commit-lint
+
+on:
+    workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+    lint:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout Code
+              uses: actions/checkout@v6
+              with:
+                  fetch-depth: 0
+
+            - name: Lint Commit Messages
+              uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v6.2.1
+              with:
+                  failonWarnings: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a318365..7f576ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     tags:
-      - '*'
+      - "*"
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-
   lint:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_tox.yml
     with:
       tox: pre-commit,type-checking
 
+  commit-lint:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_commit_msg.yml
+
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
   dist:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_dist.yml
-  
+
   release:
     needs: [dist, test]
     if: github.ref_type == 'tag'