From 610952c464858012e9341c7ca0f361b839e1e4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Engelniederhammer <fabian.engelniederhammer@tngtech.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:54:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention npm run commitlint:merge-base in the README

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---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80b4321b7..6bdb63ea4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,3 +197,9 @@ The last commit message can be checked with
 ```shell
 npm run commitlint:last-commit
 ``` 
+
+To check commit messages of a branch to the commit where it branches off from `main`, run
+
+```shell
+npm run commitlint:merge-base
+```