On 13/10/15 17:39, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On 10/13/2015 08:15 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
>>> On 2015-10-13 16:21:54 +0200, �lvaro Hern�ndez Tortosa wrote:
>>>> (50 chars for the commit summary, 72 chars line wrapping)
>>
>>> -1 - imo 50 chars too often makes the commit summary too unspecific,
>>> requiring to read much more.
>>
>> I agree --- I have a hard enough time writing a good summary in 75
>> characters. 50 would be awful.
>
> The idea of writing a commit message that is useful in a number of
> characters that is less than half a tweet sounds unbearable. The idea
> of trying to discern what the hell a commit actually is in a number of
> characters that is less than half a tweet sounds completely ridiculous.
>
> -1 on that particular aspect.
>
> jD
>
I'm writing a YC application and they ask you to summarize your
whole project idea in less than 50 chars. So I guess that a commit
message can be summarized under 50 chars too ^_^
We even do this with Java commits, and hey, you know, if you include a
JavaStyleCamelCaseUnnecesarilyVerboseClassName in this summary you're
screwed up!
But it seems there's clear agreement on *not* restricting it to 50,
so I have nothing else to add :)
Best,
Álvaro
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