On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 00:39, Hannu Koivisto <[email protected]> wrote: > * not write >200 character long lines in commit messages (I try to > stay under 75 for the lines other than the first, which I try to > make even shorter, though not always quite as short as 50 > characterers suggested by git-commit(1)) > * "...have one short line summarizing the change, followed by a blank > line and then a more thorough description.", to quote the > convention mentioned by git-commit(1) > > It's painful to read the commmit messages using Magit and other git > tools if you don't follow those conventions.
Agreed, and if we'd integrate this mode into magit going over the limit would be painfully obvious to anyone: https://github.com/rafl/git-commit-mode
