diff --git a/.commit-check.yml b/.commit-check.yml
index 45339d2..c624ad7 100644
--- a/.commit-check.yml
+++ b/.commit-check.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 checks:
 
   - check: commit_message
-    regex: '^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test){1}(\([\w\-\.]+\))?(!)?: ([\w ])+([\s\S]*)'
+    regex: '^(build|chore|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|revert|style|test){1}(\([\w\-\.]+\))?(!)?: ([\w ])+([\s\S]*)|(Merge).*|(fixup!.*)'
     error: "The commit message should be structured as follows:\n\n
     <type>[optional scope]: <description>\n
     [optional body]\n
     [optional footer(s)]\n\n
     More details please refer to https://www.conventionalcommits.org"
-    suggest: 'git commit --amend'
+    suggest: git commit --amend --no-verify
 
   - check: branch_name
-    regex: '^(bugfix|feature|release|hotfix|task)\/.+|(master)|(main)|(HEAD)|(PR-.+)'
-    error: 'Branches must begin with these types: bugfix/ feature/ release/ hotfix/ task/'
-    suggest: 'git checkout -b type/branch_name'
+    regex: ^(bugfix|feature|release|hotfix|task)\/.+|(master)|(main)|(HEAD)|(PR-.+)
+    error: "Branches must begin with these types: bugfix/ feature/ release/ hotfix/ task/"
+    suggest: git checkout -b type/branch_name
 
   - check: author_name
-    regex: r'^([a-zA-Z]{2,}\s[a-zA-Z]{1,}'?-?[a-zA-Z]{2,}\s?([a-zA-Z]{1,})?)'
-    error: 'The user name seems invalid'
-    suggest: 'git config user.name "Peter Shen"'
+    regex: ^[a-z ,.\'-]+$|.*(\[bot])
+    error: The committer name seems invalid
+    suggest: git config user.name "Peter Shen"
 
   - check: author_email
-    regex: '^\S+@\S+\.\S+$'
-    error: 'The email address seems invalid'
-    suggest: 'git config user.email xianpeng.shen@gmail.com'
+    regex: ^\S+@\S+\.\S+$
+    error: The committer email seems invalid
+    suggest: git config user.email petershen@example.com
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 755e981..0a723ca 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: pip
     directory: /
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6f9013..bb6e3b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ![GitHub release (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/commit-check/commit-check-action)
 [![GitHub marketplace](https://img.shields.io/badge/Marketplace-commit--check--action-blue)](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/commit-check-action)
 
-A Github Action for checking commit message formatting, branch naming, referencing Jira tickets, and more.
+A Github Action for checking commit message formatting, branch naming, committer name, email, and more.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -57,19 +57,30 @@ jobs:
 - **Description**: run checks without failing
 - Default: 'false'
 
-Note: to change the default rules of above inputs, just add your own [`.commit-check.yml`](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check#usage) config file.
+Note: to change the default rules of above inputs, just add your own [`.commit-check.yml`](.commit-check.yml) config file.
 
-## Add Commit Check Action badge in README
+https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check#usage
 
-You can show Commit Check Action status with a badge in your repository README
+## Badging your repository
 
-Example
+You can add a badge to your repository to show your contributors / users that you use commit-check!
+
+[![Commit Check](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml)
+
+Markdown
+
+```
+[![Commit Check](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml)
+```
+
+reStructuredText
 
 ```
-[![commit-check](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml)
+.. image:: https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml/badge.svg
+    :target: https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml
+    :alt: Commit Check
 ```
 
-[![commit-check](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check-action/actions/workflows/commit-check.yml)
 
 ## Versioning
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c9cbabd..a54aee2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Install commit-check CLI
 # For details please see: https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check
-commit-check==0.2.4
+commit-check==0.4.0