Perhaps the point your missing is that "your version-control system will love semantic linefeeds". You can have your editor reformat your text for viewing any w

Perhaps the point your missing is that "your version-control system will love semantic linefeeds". You can have your editor reformat your text for viewing any way you like but adding a word at the beginning of a long paragraph can lead to a big diff in line-based version control. While there are other approaches to mitigation, semantic linefeeds are simple and straightforward.