From 844f2d2e131340df412fe266502b2e508bc7012a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Justin M. Keyes" <justinkz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:59:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci(lintcommit): allow "NVIM vx.y.z" commit message #38563

---
 scripts/lintcommit.lua | 7 +++++++
 scripts/release.sh     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lintcommit.lua b/scripts/lintcommit.lua
index b8f0a09026..c04f2a0c55 100644
--- a/scripts/lintcommit.lua
+++ b/scripts/lintcommit.lua
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ local function validate_commit(commit_message)
     return nil
   end
 
+  -- Skip release commits.
+  if commit_message:match('^NVIM v%d+%.%d+%.%d+') then
+    return nil
+  end
+
   -- Check that message isn't too long.
   if commit_message:len() > 80 then
     return [[Commit message is too long, a maximum of 80 characters is allowed.]]
@@ -212,6 +217,7 @@ function M._test()
   local test_cases = {
     ['ci: normal message'] = true,
     ['build: normal message'] = true,
+    ['build: version bump'] = true,
     ['docs: normal message'] = true,
     ['feat: normal message'] = true,
     ['fix: normal message'] = true,
@@ -224,6 +230,7 @@ function M._test()
     ['ci(tui)!: message with scope and breaking change'] = true,
     ['vim-patch:8.2.3374: Pyret files are not recognized (#15642)'] = true,
     ['vim-patch:8.1.1195,8.2.{3417,3419}'] = true,
+    ['NVIM v0.12.0'] = true,
     ['revert: "ci: use continue-on-error instead of "|| true""'] = true,
     ['fixup'] = false,
     ['fixup: commit message'] = false,
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 9d47aa5371..72d0a58821 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __API_LEVEL=$(grep 'set(NVIM_API_LEVEL ' CMakeLists.txt\
 __RELEASE_MSG="NVIM v${__VERSION}
 
 "
-__BUMP_MSG="version bump"
+__BUMP_MSG="build: version bump"
 
 echo "Most recent tag: ${__LAST_TAG}"
 echo "Release version: ${__VERSION}"