---
name: "cog-verify"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cocogitto"
version: "7.0.0-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cog-verify"
---

# cog-verify(1)

Verify a single commit message

## NAME

cog-verify - Verify a single commit message

## SYNOPSIS

**cog-verify** \[**-f**\|**--file**\] \[**-i**\|**--ignore-merge-commits**\] \[**--ignore-fixup-commits**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[*MESSAGE*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Verify a single commit message

## OPTIONS

- **-f**, **--file** *\<FILE\>*

  Read message from the specified file (use '-' to read from stdin)

- **-i**, **--ignore-merge-commits**

  Ignore merge commit messages

- **--ignore-fixup-commits**

  Ignore fixup!, squash! and amend! commit messages

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- \[*MESSAGE*\]

  The commit message