from gitlint.rules import CommitRule, RuleViolation class SignedOffBy(CommitRule): """This rule will enforce that each commit body contains a "Signed-off-by" line. We keep things simple here and just check whether the commit body contains a line that starts with "Signed-off-by". """ name = "contrib-body-requires-signed-off-by" id = "CC1" def validate(self, commit): for line in commit.message.body: if line.lower().startswith("signed-off-by"): return [] return [RuleViolation(self.id, "Body does not contain a 'Signed-off-by' line", line_nr=1)]