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> Limit the subject line to 50 characters It's nearly impossible to get certain points across in 50 characters. I keep mine under 72, and even then, I sometime
by RussianCow 7y ago
> Limit the subject line to 50 characters
It's nearly impossible to get certain points across in 50 characters. I keep mine under 72, and even then, I sometimes struggle to adequately describe a change in that little space, even at a high level, to the point that it would be useful for someone searching for something.
Honestly, all of this stuff matters way less than the actual content of the commit message anyway. Style is worthless if there is no substance.
- saagarjha 7y ago> It's nearly impossible to get certain points across in 50 characters. Usually that kind of stuff goes in the body of the commit message.
- RussianCow 7y agoBut most Git UIs only show the first line of the commit message when displaying the log, so if you're searching for something specific, you're only going to see that without clicking into a commit. I want that first line to tell me whether this commit is relevant to whatever I'm looking for, and it's extremely difficult to do that in 50 characters.