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> Why would anyone outside of the realm of die-hard FOSS on Unix-like systems wrap text to 72 columns? Because if the commit is performance related, including
by everybodyknows 5y ago
> Why would anyone outside of the realm of die-hard FOSS on Unix-like systems wrap text to 72 columns?
Because if the commit is performance related, including regression test results may be mandatory. Test results will be in some fixed format e.g. tabular, commonly exceed 72 columns, and become gibberish if wrapped.
- kazinator 5y agoIf it becomes gibberish when wrapped, why would you do exactly that? If I have 200 column wide regression test results in a nice tabular format, maybe that's the way it should stay in the commit message.