Re: Commit subject line

Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> writes:
> On 03.05.2013 20:56, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Fri, May  3, 2013 at 01:42:33PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Yeah. The recommended style is to have the first line be 50 chars or
>>> less, which is a bit unfortunate - it can be a challenge to keep to
>>> that limit for a meaningful or comprehensive subject.

> Oh, that's tight. I didn't know about the 50 char recommendation. I've 
> tried to keep mine < 76 chars, so that when you do "git log", it fits on 
> a 80 char display with the 4 char indentation that git log does.

Yeah, that's news to me too.  I've been using a 75-char line length for
all my commit messages since we switched to git.  It's frequently tough
enough to get a useful headline into 75 chars --- I can't see trying to
do 50.
        regards, tom lane