Problem

We don't have Git hooks to check for spelling mistakes in code or in commit messages.

Description

pre-commit has several hooks that could provide this check. Visit https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html and filter by the words 'spell' or 'typo' to see a list of options. Finding a popular, maintained one in the list and using it would improve the spelling situation considerably.

Alternatives

Relying on spell check by our IDEs and text editors is okay but it doesn't always work. Just yesterday, I made a commit called "Update pacakges" even though my IDE showed a wavy underline under the word.

References

Here are some of the most starred options from pre-commit's list:

• https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell (1.1k)
• https://github.com/crate-ci/typos (985)
• https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell-cli (25, but uses https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/cspell (710))
• https://github.com/hcodes/yaspeller (620)