Re: Commit subject line

On 03.05.2013 20:56, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.

Oh, that's tight. I didn't know about the 50 char recommendation. I've
tried to keep mine < 76 chars, so that when you do "git log", it fits on
a 80 char display with the 4 char indentation that git log does.

- Heikki