{"releaseId":"sha256:ac5dd8d905c00eace5353304a9456358eede4224f3a935465432ab184b4d049a","startup":{"record_contract":"stompstart.startup/v1","startup_id":"stp_81ff89a08e7da9cc64e50df47d","subject_id":"sub_d96d15c97768fb61740c85a66a","slug":"gitcop","stewardship":"editorial","directory":{"state":"unlisted"},"name":"GitCop","tagline":"Automated Commit Message Validation for GitHub Pull Requests","description":"The 2014 listing described GitCop as webhook-based validation for GitHub pull requests, with rules for commit message length and format, customisable comment headers and footers, and the option to post comments from a company's own GitHub bot account.","highlights":[],"website":{"state":"unknown"},"access":[],"platforms":[],"surfaces":[],"classification":{"categories":["developer-tools"],"stage":"unknown"},"pricing":{"model":"unknown"},"company":{"state":"unknown"},"people":{"state":"unknown"},"location":{"kind":"unknown"},"founded":{"precision":"unknown"},"media":{"gallery":[]},"links":[],"status":{"label":"unverified","basis":{"kind":"none"},"checked_on":"2026-09-28","confidence":"low","hook":"A webhook bot that checked every commit in a GitHub pull request against a repository's message rules and left a comment when one broke them.","summary":"GitCop was introduced on Hacker News on 10 November 2014, free for open source projects and paid for private repositories. No record of what became of it was found; gitcop.com no longer resolves, and the GitCop GitHub account shows no public activity.","unknown_reason":"The domain no longer resolves and no statement from its maker about ending the service was found."},"citations":[{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8586384","title":"news.ycombinator.com","kind":"other","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:0c00e6d2738b6027473184a2baa32670dc20052214ae87cabb1eabf702bc90ce"},{"url":"https://alternativeto.net/software/gitcop/about","title":"alternativeto.net","kind":"database","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z"},{"url":"https://github.com/gitcop","title":"github.com","kind":"other","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:5a3ca4996bcc34e9ce6a33230d243adf48ab38b28354bcb2932bb233d9603087"}],"corrections":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:fec5a86252d8f067a0a4d902b47f028a96e639c395c18c92a359527f82b821d5"},"basis":null,"events":[{"record_contract":"stompstart.event/v1","event_id":"evt_0d26ec03f8c743ff2dd36900ec","startup_id":"stp_81ff89a08e7da9cc64e50df47d","kind":"other","subject":"product","title":"On record","summary":"GitCop was introduced on Hacker News as automated commit message validation for GitHub pull requests, free for open source projects.","occurred_on":{"precision":"day","value":"2014-11-10"},"date_basis":"announced","citations":[{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8586384","title":"news.ycombinator.com","kind":"other","retrieved_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:0c00e6d2738b6027473184a2baa32670dc20052214ae87cabb1eabf702bc90ce"}],"status":{"state":"active"},"corrections":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:0ad6a167a48310f2c14b68bf70d8654a285ea790b148323e11c17f6fbbfc73bd"}],"nextEventCursor":null,"siteChecks":[],"listings":[{"listing":{"record_contract":"stompstart.listing/v1","listing_id":"lst_60d066c1e4d43b5f8f7967ed5c","startup_id":"stp_81ff89a08e7da9cc64e50df47d","original_url":"http://stompstart.com/gitcop","legacy_paths":["/gitcop"],"listed_on":{"precision":"day","value":"2014-11-13"},"editorial_summary":"The 2014 listing described GitCop as webhook-based validation for GitHub pull requests, with rules for commit message length and format, customisable comment headers and footers, and the option to post comments from a company's own GitHub bot account.","media":[{"asset_digest":"sha256:27d47cd0cad3ca2395a2fffe811a33b3dbd61c7dd77dc7b134bf5d2111b075d5","media_type":"image/webp","width":923,"height":591,"alt":"GitCop page 'Police Your Commit Messages' with a screenshot and 'How it works' icons.","caption":"The image uploaded with the original Stompstart listing on 13 November 2014.","role":"screenshot","origin":"listing_upload","origin_digest":"sha256:27ec51b336b05e5f24ea79a06e084d8314ce91af615fbf672cc31024bffc80a9","source_sha256":"sha256:4f46c10ed8c4932a407aa9863f1cbea6ab54a1176bb46d492e1540112f94236b"}],"citations":[{"url":"http://stompstart.com/gitcop","title":"Stompstart listing for GitCop","kind":"archive","retrieved_at":"2026-09-29T12:11:33.310Z","archived_copy":{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20150316200540id_/http://stompstart.com/gitcop","captured_at":"2015-03-16T20:05:40Z"},"capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:197fbbdd97fc74d73d3fb332b7246b5e5a5cec28c26d3b7f749ceab68aa4d935"}],"corrections":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:ce78c22808baa4587b8b94e346b738174cb2fc6d5f9ba5fc760e6add0325a776"},"observations":[{"record_contract":"stompstart.observation/v1","observation_id":"obs_91ddc681e617df203351e40bc2","capture_attempt_digest":"sha256:197fbbdd97fc74d73d3fb332b7246b5e5a5cec28c26d3b7f749ceab68aa4d935","observed_at":"2015-03-16T20:05:40Z","checked_at":"2026-09-29T12:11:33.310Z","corrections":[],"kind":"archive_listing","listing_id":"lst_60d066c1e4d43b5f8f7967ed5c","page_kind":"detail","extractor":{"name":"stompstart-archive-extractor","version":"1+b094880b3b02556f"},"original_listing_url":"http://stompstart.com/gitcop","page_url":"http://stompstart.com/gitcop","listed_on":{"precision":"day","value":"2014-11-13"},"karma_at_snapshot":0,"page":{"name":"GitCop","pitch":"Automated Commit Message Validation for GitHub Pull Requests","description":"GitCop works via webhooks on your GitHub repository. Any time a pull request is raised on your repository, each commit in the pull request is checked against the repository rules. Of any commits do not follow the provided rules, a comment is left against the pull request. GitCop features several rules that you can apply to your repository. These include specifying the length and format of the commit message. You can also customize the header and footer that are displayed next the GitHub comment. If you don't want the GitCop bot to be the one leaving messages on your repositories, you can link your own using an existing GitHub account for your company. This bot will be used on any comments for that repository.","description_kind":"full","stage_text":"Public","market_tags":[],"location":{"city":"London","country":"GB"},"links":[{"kind":"https://gitcop.com","url":"https://gitcop.com/"},{"kind":"https://twitter.com/gitcop","url":"https://twitter.com/gitcop"}],"redactions":0},"attachment_digests":[],"revision_digest":"sha256:7a9eacaa6e21d18300aa56acf10522a873d2e781819c5bad9cdbf71229a7fec2"}],"moreObservations":false}],"moreListings":false,"stories":[],"moreStories":false}