Input argument required with git commit -m "..."

[georgezavitsanos]

Hello, I have configured conventional-pre-commit from .pre-commit-config.yaml file,

  - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit
    rev: v3.6.0
    hooks:
      - id: conventional-pre-commit
        stages: [commit-msg]
        args: [] # optional: list of Conventional Commits types to allow e.g. [feat, fix, ci, chore, test]

However, with git commit -m "This is a comment". , I get,

Conventional Commit......................................................Failed
- hook id: conventional-pre-commit
- exit code: 1

usage: conventional-pre-commit
       [-h]
       [--no-color]
       [--force-scope]
       [--scopes SCOPES]
       [--strict]
       [--verbose]
       [types ...]
       input
conventional-pre-commit: error: the following arguments are required: input

Please for your advise.

[georgezavitsanos]

Found a workaround with:

  - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit
    rev: v3.6.0
    hooks:
      - id: conventional-pre-commit
        stages: [commit-msg]
        args: [".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG"]

[thekaveman]

Hi @georgezavitsanos, can you please share the output of pre-commit -V and the complete .pre-commit-config.yaml you're using and/or a link to your repo if it is open source?

I'm not able to reproduce this. The commit message should be passed automatically via pre-commit for the commit-msg stage.

[georgezavitsanos]

Hello!
My .pre-commit-config.yaml

repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
    rev: 24.10.0
    hooks:
      - id: black
        language_version: python3.10
  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
    rev: 7.1.1
    hooks:
      - id: flake8
        additional_dependencies: []
        args: []
  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
    rev: 5.13.2
    hooks:
      - id: isort
  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
    rev: v1.11.2
    hooks:
      - id: mypy
  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
    rev: v4.6.0
    hooks:
      - id: end-of-file-fixer
      - id: trailing-whitespace
      - id: check-yaml
  - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit
    rev: v3.6.0
    hooks:
      - id: conventional-pre-commit
        stages: [commit-msg]
        args: [".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG", "--verbose"]

and pre-commit -V :

pre-commit 4.0.1

Unfortunately, the repo is not open-source, so I cannot share it.

The above configuration works for me. Without ".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG" in args list, it does not.

[thekaveman]

Thanks @georgezavitsanos. One more thought:

In our .pre-commit-config.yaml files, we add this additional config at the top:

default_install_hook_types:
  - pre-commit
  - commit-msg

So that when we run pre-commit install --install-hooks, hooks for these stages are installed by default. Otherwise, commit-msg is not installed by default, see https://pre-commit.com/#top_level-default_install_hook_types.

This is probably related to #104 in that we need better docs here for the initial setup.

Can you try removing the .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG arg, adding the above to your config file and reinstalling and/or try running
pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg, and see if it works for you?

[georgezavitsanos]

Thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately, it does not work. I get again

Conventional Commit......................................................Failed
- hook id: conventional-pre-commit
- exit code: 1

usage: conventional-pre-commit
       [-h]
       [--no-color]
       [--force-scope]
       [--scopes SCOPES]
       [--strict]
       [--verbose]
       [types ...]
       input
conventional-pre-commit: error: the following arguments are required: input

Anyway, I will use my work around. Thanks!