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## Zsh 'illegal modifier' with Git Conventional Commits

DevFeed: [Zsh 'illegal modifier' with Git Conventional Commits](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/zsh-illegal-modifier-with-git-conventional-commits-27738.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2025/12/zsh-illegal-modifier-with-git-conventional-commits/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2025-12-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Zsh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zsh.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>)

Tags: [command-line-tip](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line-tip.md>), [commit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commit.md>), [conventional-commits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/conventional-commits.md>), [errors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/errors.md>), [fzf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fzf.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [git-commit-error](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git-commit-error.md>), [github-action](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-action.md>), [history-expansion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history-expansion.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [no-bang-hist](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/no-bang-hist.md>), [shell-configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell-configuration.md>), [zsh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zsh.md>), [zsh-bang-history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zsh-bang-history.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains how Zsh history expansion can cause "illegal modifier" errors when using Git Conventional Commits. It shows how disabling the NO_BANG_HIST option allows bang characters to be used in quoted commit messages.

### Source excerpt

Fix ZSH 'illegal modifier' errors with Git Conventional Commits by disabling the NO_BANG_HIST option.