On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: >> Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >>> Ram, what platform do your colleagues use? >> >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. > > Oh, ok. In that case I blame habit. > > I think the best option you have is to just complain to your > colleagues about the long lines. Then they would get a chance to > explore what the UI currently offers and to complain to this list > (perhaps via you :)) about missing features that would make their work > easier. > > To put it another way: I don't see yet how a hypothetical "git commit > --wrap-lines -m 'long message'" would make life easier than just > running "git commit" and entering the message using $EDITOR. There's > probably a UI or documentation bug lurking somewhere, so thanks for > thinking about these things. > > Regards, > Jonathan
If your colleagues do not mind using a GUI then git-cola might help them form better commit messages. It auto-wraps long lines and enforces a very clear distinction between the one-line summary and extended description. -- David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
