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The command gitlint --target ${path-to-target_directory} is used to run gitlint against a specific directory in a Git repository. Here's an explanation of each part of the command:

• gitlint is the name of the command-line tool that is being executed.
• --target is an option flag that is used to specify the target directory to check with gitlint.
• ${path-to-target_directory} is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual path to the directory you want to analyze with gitlint.

When you run this command, gitlint will perform a linting analysis on the specified directory, checking for potential issues or violations of predefined rules and guidelines for writing Git commit messages. The analysis helps maintain consistency, clarity, and quality of commit messages in a project.