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It's a bit easier to do when you don't limit yourself to exactly 80-char per line Those commits were 72-chars per line. Which is easier to do than EXA
by tiffanyh 2y ago
It's a bit easier to do when you don't limit yourself to exactly 80-char per line
Those commits were
72-chars per line.
Which is easier to
do than EXACTLY 80
character per line
- aidenn0 2y ago72 characters per line is a common standard for git commit messages. If you use vim, the syntax highlighting will nudge you to exactly that number. https://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html https://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-mess...
- layer8 2y ago72 characters is the standard limit for Git though. This convention has a long tradition from the text-mode days of email and Usenet in 80-column terminals/screens, where 72 characters allowed for the addition of a reasonable number of quoting levels (indicated by prefixing quoted lines with “>”), and/or for other line markers, before exceeding the screen width and having to reformat.
- hyperman1 2y agoCOBOL code seems to live in 72 columns, with the last 8 columns of a punch card were 'free for programmer use'. Now I am wondering if somehow, some ancient COBOL limit ended up in git because every tool picked it up as convention from an older tool.