From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Emacs development discussions <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: commit-msg line-length limit
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7fxrus69.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54908646.6070209@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:21:42 -0800")
> The attached patch (emacs-24 commit dated yesterday) increased the Git
> commit message line-length limit to 78 characters. This will have
> consequences once we start generating ChangeLog files automatically from
> commit messages. Because ChangeLog entries are indented by a tab, the
> resulting ChangeLog files will typically require 78 + 8 == 86 columns, not
> the 80 columns they have traditionally needed. Is this intentional?
It's OK to recommend and encourage to stick to 72 columns, but rejecting
anything goes past it is a bit too drastic for my taste.
IOW the 72-chars limit could be "enforced" by suitable highlighting in
the *VC-Log* buffer.
Stefan
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2014-12-16 19:21 commit-msg line-length limit Paul Eggert
2014-12-16 22:51 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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