From 161cb6034cec114b59f8fabc4230b3f48ac6cecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:14:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ; * CONTRIBUTE: Clarify the log message line width guidelines. --- CONTRIBUTE | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 94d757daafe..c226645bd7c 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ them right the first time, so here are guidelines for formatting them: you can put a paragraph (after the empty line and before the individual ChangeLog entries) that further describes the commit. -- Limit lines in commit messages to 78 characters, unless they consist - of a single word of at most 140 characters; this is enforced by a - commit hook. +- Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63 + characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist + of a single word of at most 140 characters; this 78/140 limit is + enforced by a commit hook. - If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal file first line (starting with the asterisk). Then there is no -- 2.39.5