chore: setup commit message linting

.commitlintrc.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"]
+}

.huskyrc

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "hooks": {
-    "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
+    "pre-commit": "lint-staged",
+    "commit-msg": "commitlint -E HUSKY_GIT_PARAMS"
   }
 }

README.md

@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ To learn about ESLint plugin development see the [relevant section](https://esli
 
 In order to know which AST nodes are created for a snippet of TypeScript code you can use [AST explorer](https://astexplorer.net/) with options JavaScript and @typescript-eslint/parser.
 
+### Commit Messages
+
+> tl;dr: use `npx cz` instead of `git commit`.
+Commit messages must follow [Conventional Commit messages guidelines](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/). You can use `npx cz` instead of `git commit` to run a interactive prompt to generate the commit message. We've customize the prompt specifically for this project. For more information see [commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli#readme).
+
 ## How to publish
 
 ```

package.json

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
     "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@commitlint/cli": "^13.1.0",
+    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^13.1.0",
     "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-typescript": "^1.0.1",
     "@rebeccastevens/eslint-config": "^1.0.12",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^17.0.0",