> I think I was told to keep commits to one line unless absolutely necessary. The advice I've heard: Your first line should be a concise summary of the commi

> I think I was told to keep commits to one line unless absolutely necessary. The advice I've heard: Your first line should be a concise summary of the commit. This is because a lot of UIs only show the first line up front. (GitHub, git log --pretty=oneline, etc.) However, it's okay (and often encouraged) to go into further detail on subsequent lines.