commitlint/plugins: make recent test pass

Fixes part of #120
(Numbered bullets not fixed yet.)

commitlint/plugins.ts

@@ -431,6 +431,20 @@ export abstract class Plugins {
         ];
     }
 
+    private static lineStartsWithBullet(line: string) {
+        let allowedBulletChars = ['*', '-'];
+        for (let bulletChar of allowedBulletChars) {
+            let simplePattern = bulletChar + " ";
+            if (line.startsWith(simplePattern) && line.length > simplePattern.length)
+                return true;
+
+            let pattern = " " + bulletChar + " ";
+            if (line.startsWith(pattern) && line.length > pattern.length)
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public static bodyParagraphLineMinLength(
         bodyStr: string | null,
         paragraphLineMinLength: number,
@@ -445,6 +459,9 @@ export abstract class Plugins {
             for (let paragraph of paragraphs) {
                 let lines = Helpers.splitByEOLs(paragraph, 1);
 
+                let bulletsAllowedNow = false;
+                let alwaysBulletsSoFar = false;
+
                 // NOTE: we don't iterate over the last line, on purpose
                 for (let i = 0; i < lines.length - 1; i++) {
                     let line = lines[i];
@@ -453,6 +470,14 @@ export abstract class Plugins {
                         continue;
                     }
 
+                    if ((!allowBulletAhead) &&
+                        ((i == 0 && lineStartsWithBullet(line) || line.endsWith(":")))) {
+                        bulletsAllowedNow = true;
+                        alwaysBulletsSoFar = true;
+                    } else if (bulletsAllowedNow) {
+                        alwaysBulletsSoFar = alwaysBulletsSoFar && lineStartsWithBullet(line);
+                    }
+
                     if (line.length < paragraphLineMinLength) {
                         // this ref doesn't go out of bounds because we didn't iter on last line
                         let nextLine = lines[i + 1];
@@ -473,6 +498,7 @@ export abstract class Plugins {
                             nextLine[0].toUpperCase() == nextLine[0];
 
                         if (
+                            !alwaysBulletsSoFar &&
                             !isUrl &&
                             !lineIsFooterNote &&
                             !isNextWordTooLong &&