diff --git a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
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+name: Linters
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  lint-git:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' # Makes sense only for pull requests
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: show
+        run: git log
+      - name: Check absence of fixup commits
+        run: |
+          ! git log | grep 'fixup!'
+      - name: Install gitlint
+        run: pip install --user requests gitlint
+      - name: Lint commit messages added to main
+        run: ~/.local/bin/gitlint --commits origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}..HEAD
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diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
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+# All these sections are optional, edit this file as you like.
+[general]
+# Ignore certain rules, you can reference them by their id or by their full name
+# ignore=title-trailing-punctuation, T3
+
+# verbosity should be a value between 1 and 3, the commandline -v flags take precedence over this
+# verbosity = 2
+
+# By default gitlint will ignore merge commits. Set to 'false' to disable.
+# ignore-merge-commits=true
+
+# By default gitlint will ignore fixup commits. Set to 'false' to disable.
+# ignore-fixup-commits=true
+
+# By default gitlint will ignore squash commits. Set to 'false' to disable.
+# ignore-squash-commits=true
+
+# Enable debug mode (prints more output). Disabled by default.
+# debug=true
+
+# Set the extra-path where gitlint will search for user defined rules
+# See http://jorisroovers.github.io/gitlint/user_defined_rules for details
+extra-path=gitlint/
+
+# [title-max-length]
+# line-length=80
+
+[title-must-not-contain-word]
+# Comma-separated list of words that should not occur in the title. Matching is case
+# insensitive. It's fine if the keyword occurs as part of a larger word (so "WIPING"
+# will not cause a violation, but "WIP: my title" will.
+words=wip
+
+#[title-match-regex]
+# python like regex (https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html) that the
+# commit-msg title must be matched to.
+# Note that the regex can contradict with other rules if not used correctly
+# (e.g. title-must-not-contain-word).
+#regex=
+
+# [B1]
+# B1 = body-max-line-length
+# line-length=120
+# [body-min-length]
+# min-length=5
+
+# [body-is-missing]
+# Whether to ignore this rule on merge commits (which typically only have a title)
+# default = True
+# ignore-merge-commits=false
+
+# [body-changed-file-mention]
+# List of files that need to be explicitly mentioned in the body when they are changed
+# This is useful for when developers often erroneously edit certain files or git submodules.
+# By specifying this rule, developers can only change the file when they explicitly reference
+# it in the commit message.
+# files=gitlint/rules.py,README.md
+
+# [author-valid-email]
+# python like regex (https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html) that the
+# commit author email address should be matched to
+# For example, use the following regex if you only want to allow email addresses from foo.com
+# regex=[^@]+@foo.com
+
+[ignore-by-title]
+# Allow empty body & wrong title pattern only when bots (pyup/greenkeeper)
+# upgrade dependencies
+regex=^(⬆️.*|Update (.*) from (.*) to (.*)|(chore|fix)\(package\): update .*)$
+ignore=B6,UC1
+
+# [ignore-by-body]
+# Ignore certain rules for commits of which the body has a line that matches a regex
+# E.g. Match bodies that have a line that that contain "release"
+# regex=(.*)release(.*)
+#
+# Ignore certain rules, you can reference them by their id or by their full name
+# Use 'all' to ignore all rules
+# ignore=T1,body-min-length
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diff --git a/gitlint/gitlint_emoji.py b/gitlint/gitlint_emoji.py
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+"""
+Gitlint extra rule to validate that the message title is of the form
+"<gitmoji>(<scope>) <subject>"
+"""
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+import requests
+
+from gitlint.rules import CommitMessageTitle, LineRule, RuleViolation
+
+
+class GitmojiTitle(LineRule):
+    """
+    This rule will enforce that each commit title is of the form "<gitmoji>(<scope>) <subject>"
+    where Gitmoji is an emoji from the list defined in https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me and
+    subject should be all lowercase
+    """
+
+    id = "UC1"
+    name = "title-should-have-gitmoji-and-scope"
+    target = CommitMessageTitle
+
+    def validate(self, title, _commit):
+        """
+        Download the list possible gitmojis from the project's GitHub repository and check that
+        title contains one of them.
+        """
+        gitmojis = requests.get(
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/carloscuesta/gitmoji/master/packages/gitmojis/src/gitmojis.json"
+        ).json()["gitmojis"]
+        emojis = [item["emoji"] for item in gitmojis]
+        pattern = r"^({:s})\(.*\)\s[a-z].*$".format("|".join(emojis))
+        if not re.search(pattern, title):
+            violation_msg = 'Title does not match regex "<gitmoji>(<scope>) <subject>"'
+            return [RuleViolation(self.id, violation_msg, title)]
+
+#WIP
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