Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] checkpatch/SubmittingPatches: Suggest line wrapping commit messages at 72 columns | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:09:29 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 21:36 +0200, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:20:01 -0700 > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > waah, I use 75 and this patch has ruined my life.
crybaby... :)
> I use 75 too, FWIW. > > It seems to me that nobody out there complains about 75-character lines > in commit logs; it's the 120-character lines that irritate people. I > would suggest that this limit could be set to 75 (or even, say, 77)
77 might be one too many.
git log has a default 4 space indent of the commit message so 75 or 76 would still fit an 80 column screen.
> and > still achieve its real purpose while leaving far fewer ruined lives in its > wake.
I don't wanna be held liable for that ruination, thanks.
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