On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 08:39:16AM -0700, Joshua Drake wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 08:15 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> >>On 2015-10-13 16:21:54 +0200, �lvaro Hern�ndez Tortosa wrote:
> >>>(50 chars for the commit summary, 72 chars line wrapping)
> >
> >>-1 - imo 50 chars too often makes the commit summary too unspecific,
> >>requiring to read much more.
> >
> >I agree --- I have a hard enough time writing a good summary in 75
> >characters. 50 would be awful.
>
> The idea of writing a commit message that is useful in a number of
> characters that is less than half a tweet sounds unbearable. The
> idea of trying to discern what the hell a commit actually is in a
> number of characters that is less than half a tweet sounds
> completely ridiculous.
>
> -1 on that particular aspect.
FYI, I think we already have two limits for the first line summary of
commit messages. The limits are 64 for commit message subjects and 50
characters for gitweb summary pages --- anything longer is truncated.
My commit template shows me the limits as I am typing the commit text to
remind me of the limits:
-- email subject limit -----------------------------------------
-- gitweb summary limit --------------------------
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