feat: added conventional commit requirement

use npx for husky hooks

.husky/commit-msg

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+. "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
+
+npx --no -- commitlint --edit "$1"

.husky/pre-commit

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 . "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
-yarn lint-staged
+npx lint-staged

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ Please write tests! Our testing framework is
 
 The easiest way to run all tests at once is `yarn test`.
 
+## Committing your changes
+
+Before a commit is accepted the staged changes will be formatted using [prettier](https://prettier.io/) and linted using [eslint](https://eslint.org/). The commit will be reverted if files are formatted or lint errors are returned.
+
+### Commit Message Convention
+
+This project follows [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/)
+
+Commit messages will be checked using [husky](https://typicode.github.io/husky/#/) and [commitlint](https://commitlint.js.org/).
+
 ## Pull requests
 
 So you wanna make a pull request? Please observe the following guidelines.

commitlint.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = { extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'] };

package.json

@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
     "webrtc-adapter": "^4.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@commitlint/cli": "^17.7.1",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^17.7.0",
+    "@commitlint/types": "^17.4.4",
     "@electron/notarize": "^2.1.0",
     "@types/backbone": "1.4.2",
     "@types/blueimp-load-image": "5.14.4",