Re: Template for commit messages - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Template for commit messages
Date
Msg-id 20160129095122.ihusxsebf2wjiafe@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Template for commit messages  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Template for commit messages  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 2016-01-29 04:42:08 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 07:30:58PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > I have no prejudice in this area, other than one in favor of any
> > rules being fairly precise. As for nuances, I guess they can be
> > specified in the commit message. The one thing I do find annoying
> > from time to time is the limit on subject size. Sometimes it's very
> > difficult to be sufficiently communicative in, say, 50 characters.
> 
> Agreed, but that is a gitweb limit we can't control, I think.

That's not that hard to change. And neither git nor kernel people use 50
char limits. I'm *strongly* opposed to making 50 chars the limit for the
first line.



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