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+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+describe('Commit Message', () => {
+  it('should have consistently formatted commit messages', () => {
+    const stdout = execSync(`git cherry -v master`);
+    const messages = stdout
+      .toString()
+      .trim()
+      .split(/\n/g)
+      .map(message => {
+        const [hash, typeScope, issueNumber, ...description] = message.split(/\s/g).slice(1);
+        return {
+          hash,
+          typeScope,
+          issueNumber,
+          description: description.join(' ')
+        };
+      });
+
+    const messagesList = messages.map(message => {
+      const { typeScope = null, issueNumber = null, description = null } = message;
+
+      const issueNumberException = /(^chore\([\d\D]+\))|(^fix\([\d\D]+\))|(^[\d\D]+\(build\))/.test(typeScope);
+
+      const typeScopeValid =
+        (/(^[\d\D]+\([\d\D]+\):$)|(^[\d\D]+:$)/.test(typeScope) && 'valid') || 'INVALID: type scope';
+
+      const issueNumberValid =
+        (/(^issues\/[\d]+$)/.test(issueNumber) && 'valid') ||
+        (issueNumberException && 'valid') ||
+        'INVALID: issue number';
+
+      const descriptionValid =
+        (/(^[\d\D]+$)/.test(description || (issueNumberException && issueNumber)) && 'valid') ||
+        (issueNumberException && !description && issueNumber && 'valid') ||
+        'INVALID: description';
+
+      /**
+       * See CONTRIBUTING.md for commit messaging guidelines
+       *
+       * TypeScope is required and should be in the form of "<type>([scope]):" or "<type>:"
+       *
+       * IssueNumber is conditional and should be in the form of "issues/[issue number]"
+       * Exceptions are available for chore and fix type scopes, and "build" type scope "scopes"
+       *
+       * Description is required, can be in the form of "<string>"
+       */
+      return `${typeScope}<${typeScopeValid}> ${issueNumber}<${issueNumberValid}> ${description}<${descriptionValid}>`;
+    });
+
+    expect(messagesList.filter(value => !/<valid>[\d\D]*<valid>[\d\D]*<valid>/.test(value))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});