From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: commit-msg line-length limit Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <54908646.6070209@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418770301 20432 80.91.229.3 (16 Dec 2014 22:51:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:51:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs development discussions To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 16 23:51:32 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y10xo-0007WM-6Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:51:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47104 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y10xn-0005Tf-SC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48209) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y10xU-0005TQ-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y10xM-0006Uu-SX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:12 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:36384) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y10xM-0006Uq-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:04 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjwPAOwQflTO+ILA/2dsb2JhbABbDoJ5g2CFWsUdBAICgSQXAQEBAQEBfIQDAQEDAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiEoJ1lkBAQEBBgEBAQEekBhXB4RIBYsBpC6BeIM7XiGBNYFCAQEB X-IPAS-Result: AjwPAOwQflTO+ILA/2dsb2JhbABbDoJ5g2CFWsUdBAICgSQXAQEBAQEBfIQDAQEDAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kiEoJ1lkBAQEBBgEBAQEekBhXB4RIBYsBpC6BeIM7XiGBNYFCAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.07,502,1413259200"; d="scan'208";a="102724724" Original-Received: from 206-248-130-192.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.130.192]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 16 Dec 2014 17:51:03 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9932912E4; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:51:03 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <54908646.6070209@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:21:42 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:180205 Archived-At: > 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