diff --git a/commitizen/bump.py b/commitizen/bump.py
index bfda1c4541..112d27e89a 100644
--- a/commitizen/bump.py
+++ b/commitizen/bump.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-from commitizen.git import GitCommit
 from commitizen.defaults import (
     MAJOR,
     MINOR,
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
     bump_message,
     bump_pattern,
 )
+from commitizen.git import GitCommit
 
 
 def find_increment(
diff --git a/commitizen/cli.py b/commitizen/cli.py
index f7e9f28687..aab677f870 100644
--- a/commitizen/cli.py
+++ b/commitizen/cli.py
@@ -151,13 +151,18 @@
                 "arguments": [
                     {
                         "name": "--commit-msg-file",
-                        "required": True,
                         "help": (
                             "ask for the name of the temporal file that contains "
                             "the commit message. "
                             "Using it in a git hook script: MSG_FILE=$1"
                         ),
-                    }
+                        "exclusive_group": "group1",
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "--rev-range",
+                        "help": ("a reange of git rev to check. e.g, master..HEAD"),
+                        "exclusive_group": "group1",
+                    },
                 ],
             },
             {
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/__init__.py b/commitizen/commands/__init__.py
index e315a987c9..b87906d8b4 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/__init__.py
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 from .commit import Commit
 from .example import Example
 from .info import Info
+from .init import Init
 from .list_cz import ListCz
 from .schema import Schema
 from .version import Version
-from .init import Init
-
 
 __all__ = (
     "Bump",
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/bump.py b/commitizen/commands/bump.py
index 605fde9878..90ec715744 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/bump.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/bump.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional, List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 import questionary
 from packaging.version import Version
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 from commitizen import bump, factory, git, out
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
 from commitizen.error_codes import (
+    COMMIT_FAILED,
     NO_COMMITS_FOUND,
-    NO_VERSION_SPECIFIED,
     NO_PATTERN_MAP,
-    COMMIT_FAILED,
+    NO_VERSION_SPECIFIED,
     TAG_FAILED,
 )
 
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/check.py b/commitizen/commands/check.py
index de5f5e39f9..8f3d9dad44 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/check.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/check.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import re
+from typing import Dict
 
-from commitizen import factory, out
+from commitizen import factory, git, out
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
 from commitizen.error_codes import INVALID_COMMIT_MSG
 
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 class Check:
     """Check if the current commit msg matches the commitizen format."""
 
-    def __init__(self, config: BaseConfig, arguments: dict, cwd=os.getcwd()):
+    def __init__(self, config: BaseConfig, arguments: Dict[str, str], cwd=os.getcwd()):
         """Init method.
 
         Parameters
@@ -21,12 +22,21 @@ def __init__(self, config: BaseConfig, arguments: dict, cwd=os.getcwd()):
             the flags provided by the user
 
         """
+        self.commit_msg_file: str = arguments.get("commit_msg_file")
+        self.rev_range: str = arguments.get("rev_range")
+
+        self._valid_command_argument()
+
         self.config: BaseConfig = config
         self.cz = factory.commiter_factory(self.config)
-        self.arguments: dict = arguments
+
+    def _valid_command_argument(self):
+        if bool(self.commit_msg_file) is bool(self.rev_range):
+            out.error("One and only one argument is required for check command!")
+            raise SystemExit()
 
     def __call__(self):
-        """Validate if a commit message follows the conventional pattern.
+        """Validate if commit messages follows the conventional pattern.
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -34,18 +44,31 @@ def __call__(self):
             if the commit provided not follows the conventional pattern
 
         """
-        commit_msg_content = self._get_commit_msg()
+        commit_msgs = self._get_commit_messages()
         pattern = self.cz.schema_pattern()
-        if self._has_proper_format(pattern, commit_msg_content) is not None:
-            out.success("Commit validation: successful!")
-        else:
-            out.error("commit validation: failed!")
-            out.error("please enter a commit message in the commitizen format.")
-            raise SystemExit(INVALID_COMMIT_MSG)
-
-    def _get_commit_msg(self):
-        temp_filename: str = self.arguments.get("commit_msg_file")
-        return open(temp_filename, "r").read()
-
-    def _has_proper_format(self, pattern, commit_msg):
+        for commit_msg in commit_msgs:
+            if not Check.validate_commit_message(commit_msg, pattern):
+                out.error(
+                    "commit validation: failed!\n"
+                    "please enter a commit message in the commitizen format.\n"
+                    f"commit: {commit_msg}\n"
+                    f"pattern: {pattern}"
+                )
+                raise SystemExit(INVALID_COMMIT_MSG)
+        out.success("Commit validation: successful!")
+
+    def _get_commit_messages(self):
+        # Get commit message from file (--commit-msg-file)
+        if self.commit_msg_file:
+            with open(self.commit_msg_file, "r") as commit_file:
+                commit_msg = commit_file.read()
+            return [commit_msg]
+
+        # Get commit messages from git log (--rev-range)
+        return [commit.message for commit in git.get_commits(end=self.rev_range)]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate_commit_message(commit_msg: str, pattern: str) -> bool:
+        if commit_msg.startswith("Merge") or commit_msg.startswith("Revert"):
+            return True
         return re.match(pattern, commit_msg)
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/commit.py b/commitizen/commands/commit.py
index 0dbbe8fe9d..57444011fd 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/commit.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/commit.py
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 import questionary
 
 from commitizen import factory, git, out
-from commitizen.cz.exceptions import CzException
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.cz.exceptions import CzException
 from commitizen.error_codes import (
-    NO_ANSWERS,
     COMMIT_ERROR,
+    CUSTOM_ERROR,
+    NO_ANSWERS,
     NO_COMMIT_BACKUP,
     NOTHING_TO_COMMIT,
-    CUSTOM_ERROR,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/init.py b/commitizen/commands/init.py
index cd10edf7f7..b428d696cd 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/init.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/init.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-from packaging.version import Version
-
 import questionary
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 from commitizen import factory, out
+from commitizen.config import BaseConfig, IniConfig, TomlConfig
 from commitizen.cz import registry
-from commitizen.config import BaseConfig, TomlConfig, IniConfig
-from commitizen.git import get_latest_tag_name, get_tag_names
 from commitizen.defaults import long_term_support_config_files
+from commitizen.git import get_latest_tag_name, get_tag_names
 
 
 class Init:
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/list_cz.py b/commitizen/commands/list_cz.py
index 3f418f440b..99701865af 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/list_cz.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/list_cz.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from commitizen import out
-from commitizen.cz import registry
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.cz import registry
 
 
 class ListCz:
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/version.py b/commitizen/commands/version.py
index d64d8d82af..344920c72a 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/version.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from commitizen import out
-from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
 from commitizen.__version__ import __version__
+from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
 
 
 class Version:
diff --git a/commitizen/config/__init__.py b/commitizen/config/__init__.py
index 88949f327d..9b317f1e36 100644
--- a/commitizen/config/__init__.py
+++ b/commitizen/config/__init__.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 from commitizen import defaults, git, out
 from commitizen.error_codes import NOT_A_GIT_PROJECT
+
 from .base_config import BaseConfig
-from .toml_config import TomlConfig
 from .ini_config import IniConfig
+from .toml_config import TomlConfig
 
 
 def load_global_conf() -> Optional[IniConfig]:
diff --git a/commitizen/cz/conventional_commits/conventional_commits.py b/commitizen/cz/conventional_commits/conventional_commits.py
index c67b2a5a0d..a9bfcf2039 100644
--- a/commitizen/cz/conventional_commits/conventional_commits.py
+++ b/commitizen/cz/conventional_commits/conventional_commits.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def schema(self) -> str:
     def schema_pattern(self) -> str:
         PATTERN = (
             r"(build|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|style|test|chore|revert|bump)"
-            r"(\([\w\-]+\))?:\s.*"
+            r"(\(\S+\))?:\s.*"
         )
         return PATTERN
 
diff --git a/commitizen/cz/customize/customize.py b/commitizen/cz/customize/customize.py
index 46ea0602d9..1e10975fe8 100644
--- a/commitizen/cz/customize/customize.py
+++ b/commitizen/cz/customize/customize.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     from string import Template
 
 from commitizen import defaults
-from commitizen.cz.base import BaseCommitizen
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.cz.base import BaseCommitizen
 
 __all__ = ["CustomizeCommitsCz"]
 
diff --git a/commitizen/factory.py b/commitizen/factory.py
index 62b7ba9cfa..8dab0c408a 100644
--- a/commitizen/factory.py
+++ b/commitizen/factory.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from commitizen import BaseCommitizen, out
-from commitizen.cz import registry
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.cz import registry
 from commitizen.error_codes import NO_COMMITIZEN_FOUND
 
 
diff --git a/commitizen/git.py b/commitizen/git.py
index 0853d76005..058ba89a00 100644
--- a/commitizen/git.py
+++ b/commitizen/git.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-from typing import Optional, List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from commitizen import cmd
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def get_commits(
     git_log_cmd = f"git log --pretty={log_format}{delimiter}"
 
     if start:
-        c = cmd.run(f"{git_log_cmd} {start}...{end}")
+        c = cmd.run(f"{git_log_cmd} {start}..{end}")
     else:
         c = cmd.run(f"{git_log_cmd} {end}")
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a62517c2f6..d09c9d4d3f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ isort = "^4.3.21"
 cz = "commitizen.cli:main"
 git-cz = "commitizen.cli:main"
 
+[tool.isort]
+multi_line_output = 3
+include_trailing_comma = true
+force_grid_wrap = 0
+combine_as_imports = true
+line_length = 88
+
 [tool.coverage]
     [tool.coverage.report]
     show_missing = true
diff --git a/scripts/lint b/scripts/lint
index d737c8f476..c643dbc14b 100755
--- a/scripts/lint
+++ b/scripts/lint
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-export PREFIX=""
+export PREFIX="poetry run python -m "
 if [ -d 'venv' ] ; then
     export PREFIX="venv/bin/"
 fi
 
 set -x
 
-${PREFIX}isort --multi-line=3 --trailing-comma --force-grid-wrap=0 --combine-as --line-width 88 --recursive --apply commitizen tests
+${PREFIX}isort --recursive --apply commitizen tests
 ${PREFIX}black commitizen tests
diff --git a/scripts/test b/scripts/test
index 119cf67098..6a8082162e 100755
--- a/scripts/test
+++ b/scripts/test
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ fi
 
 ${PREFIX}pytest --cov-report term-missing --cov-report=xml:coverage.xml --cov=commitizen tests/
 ${PREFIX}black commitizen tests --check
+${PREFIX}isort --recursive --check-only commitizen tests
 ${PREFIX}flake8 --max-line-length=88 commitizen/ tests/
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_check_command.py b/tests/commands/test_check_command.py
index a53e57b495..e5fe53b518 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_check_command.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_check_command.py
@@ -1,9 +1,48 @@
 import sys
+from typing import List
 
 import pytest
 
-from commitizen import cli
-from commitizen import commands
+from commitizen import cli, commands, git
+
+COMMIT_LOG = [
+    "refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature",
+    r"refactor(cz/connventional_commit): use \S to check scope",
+    "refactor(git): remove unnecessary dot between git range",
+    "bump: version 1.16.3 → 1.16.4",
+    (
+        "Merge pull request #139 from Lee-W/fix-init-clean-config-file\n"
+        "Fix init clean config file"
+    ),
+    "ci(pyproject.toml): add configuration for coverage",
+    "fix(commands/init): fix clean up file when initialize commitizen config\n#138",
+    "refactor(defaults): split config files into long term support and deprecated ones",
+    "bump: version 1.16.2 → 1.16.3",
+    (
+        "Merge pull request #136 from Lee-W/remove-redundant-readme\n"
+        "Remove redundant readme"
+    ),
+    "fix: replace README.rst with docs/README.md in config files",
+    (
+        "refactor(docs): remove README.rst and use docs/README.md\n"
+        "By removing README.rst, we no longer need to maintain "
+        "two document with almost the same content\n"
+        "Github can read docs/README.md as README for the project."
+    ),
+    "docs(check): pin pre-commit to v1.16.2",
+    "docs(check): fix pre-commit setup",
+    "bump: version 1.16.1 → 1.16.2",
+    "Merge pull request #135 from Lee-W/fix-pre-commit-hook\nFix pre commit hook",
+    "docs(check): enforce cz check only whem committing",
+    (
+        'Revert "fix(pre-commit): set pre-commit check stage to commit-msg"\n'
+        "This reverts commit afc70133e4a81344928561fbf3bb20738dfc8a0b."
+    ),
+]
+
+
+def _build_fake_git_commits(commit_msgs: List[str]) -> List[git.GitCommit]:
+    return [git.GitCommit("test_rev", commit_msg) for commit_msg in commit_msgs]
 
 
 def test_check_jira_fails(mocker, capsys):
@@ -115,4 +154,43 @@ def test_check_conventional_commit(commit_msg, config, mocker, tmpdir):
 
 def test_check_command_when_commit_file_not_found(config):
     with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
-        commands.Check(config=config, arguments={"commit_msg_file": ""})()
+        commands.Check(config=config, arguments={"commit_msg_file": "no_such_file"})()
+
+
+def test_check_a_range_of_git_commits(config, mocker):
+    success_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.out.success")
+    mocker.patch(
+        "commitizen.git.get_commits", return_value=_build_fake_git_commits(COMMIT_LOG)
+    )
+
+    check_cmd = commands.Check(
+        config=config, arguments={"rev_range": "HEAD~10..master"}
+    )
+
+    check_cmd()
+    success_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_check_a_range_of_git_commits_and_failed(config, mocker):
+    error_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.out.error")
+    mocker.patch(
+        "commitizen.git.get_commits",
+        return_value=_build_fake_git_commits(["This commit does not follow rule"]),
+    )
+    check_cmd = commands.Check(
+        config=config, arguments={"rev_range": "HEAD~10..master"}
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        check_cmd()
+        error_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "args", [{"rev_range": "HEAD~10..master", "commit_msg_file": "some_file"}, {}]
+)
+def test_check_command_with_invalid_argment(args, config, capsys):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        commands.Check(config=config, arguments=args)
+    _, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert "One and only one argument is required for check command!" in err
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index 5320051044..277234e5e5 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 from commitizen import config, defaults, git
 
-
 PYPROJECT = """
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_jira"
diff --git a/tests/test_cz_base.py b/tests/test_cz_base.py
index 82925388ef..b3b8fe4fb8 100644
--- a/tests/test_cz_base.py
+++ b/tests/test_cz_base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 from commitizen import defaults
-from commitizen.cz.base import BaseCommitizen
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.cz.base import BaseCommitizen
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
diff --git a/tests/test_cz_conventional_commits.py b/tests/test_cz_conventional_commits.py
index dd6cfbff30..41ed9b0b7d 100644
--- a/tests/test_cz_conventional_commits.py
+++ b/tests/test_cz_conventional_commits.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import pytest
 
 from commitizen import defaults
+from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
 from commitizen.cz.conventional_commits.conventional_commits import (
     ConventionalCommitsCz,
     parse_scope,
     parse_subject,
 )
 from commitizen.cz.exceptions import AnswerRequiredError
-from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
-
 
 valid_scopes = ["", "simple", "dash-separated", "camelCase" "UPPERCASE"]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cz_jira.py b/tests/test_cz_jira.py
index 0c05b46a3c..b725a46fa9 100644
--- a/tests/test_cz_jira.py
+++ b/tests/test_cz_jira.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 from commitizen import defaults
-from commitizen.cz.jira import JiraSmartCz
 from commitizen.config import BaseConfig
+from commitizen.cz.jira import JiraSmartCz
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
diff --git a/tests/test_cz_utils.py b/tests/test_cz_utils.py
index a8a56d762c..94cc7f5b87 100644
--- a/tests/test_cz_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_cz_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from commitizen.cz import utils, exceptions
+from commitizen.cz import exceptions, utils
 
 
 def test_required_validator():