| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Commit subject line |
| Date: | 2013-05-03 17:56:40 |
| Message-ID: | 20130503175640.GF15498@momjian.us |
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On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 01:42:33PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 05/03/2013 01:23 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >Not sure if I mentioned this, but having first line of the commit be a
> >subject has save me lots of time in writing the release notes. I know
> >it is helpful to others too who browse our commits on websites.
> >
>
>
> Yeah. The recommended style is to have the first line be 50 chars or
> less, which is a bit unfortunate - it can be a challenge to keep to
> that limit for a meaningful or comprehensive subject.
Yes, I know mine are often cut-off. What I just did was to add a
50-character dashed line to the top of my editor window for commits so I
can see the limit each time --- that should help me.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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