diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
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+++ b/.gitlint
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+[title-match-regex]
+regex=^\[[A-Z0-9]+]\[*[A-Z0-9]*]* [A-Z]+[\S ]*$
+
+[body-match-regex]
+regex=.{20,}
+
+[ignore-by-title]
+regex=^Release(.*)
+ignore=title-match-regex,body-min-length
+
+[ignore-body-lines]
+regex=^(Issue-ID|Signed-off-by|Change-Id|Reported-by|Depends-on|Co-authored-by|Fixes|Acked-by|Reviewed-by|CC)
+
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
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+++ b/tox.ini
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+[tox]
+minversion = 1.6
+envlist =
+ gitlint,
+skipsdist=true
+
+[testenv:gitlint]
+basepython = python3
+deps =
+  gitlint
+
+commands =
+  gitlint
+