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| author |  Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> | 2010-07-28 14:11:25 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-07-28 13:51:33 -0700 |
| commit | 43e331e6ee46ba156d43f1fd3ebc91cc35575e47 (patch) | |
| tree | d3cace6e9cb9602620367f1f0d359556ae99af95 /Documentation | |
| parent | SubmittingPatches: Clarify the Signed-off-by rules (diff) | |
| download | tgif-43e331e6ee46ba156d43f1fd3ebc91cc35575e47.tar.xz | |
SubmittingPatches: Cite the 50 char subject limit
Change the SubmittingPatches recommendations to mention the 50
character soft limit on patch subject lines. 50 characters is the soft
limit mentioned in git-commit(1) and gittutorial(7), it's also the
point at which Gitweb, GitHub and various other Git front ends start
abbreviating the commit message.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2e18f6b440..ece3c77482 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): before committing - do not check in commented out code or unneeded files - the first line of the commit message should be a short - description and should skip the full stop + description (50 characters is the soft limit, see DISCUSSION + in git-commit(1)), and should skip the full stop - the body should provide a meaningful commit message, which: - uses the imperative, present tense: "change", not "changed" or "changes". |