From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=86var=20Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0=20Bjarmason?= Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Cite the 50 char subject limit Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:11:25 +0000 Message-ID: <1280326285-10203-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Junio C Hamano , =?UTF-8?q?=C3=86var=20Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0=20Bjarmason?= To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jul 28 16:11:56 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oe7MR-0006Zz-Fe for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:11:55 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754440Ab0G1OLe convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:11:34 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:34729 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754086Ab0G1OLd (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:11:33 -0400 Received: by bwz1 with SMTP id 1so3972450bwz.19 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:11:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OyJKquxQm4Yhvawtpz5PeWQSpkjYwFWwq/8a3mhkdYM=; b=ITPAWd3S8v5R0UGSRO6xm3Gy9dQWCLsu63z+Ax8F4SqxKuJT9O/PPkz1oigASyI1o1 zUe3yM3MG/8xWRfFekeq4AlB/2WLJCz2/LuyvD6dHjUHaqqj3XgyYkoDzoZjm4JPwQIv 255IcHAEqLB4D86Fl5XASwoTgFcolAuYb/Txs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Z4VLtNakXch5THWR0N2A2GKR1I37GwHRrJqszRd9Cyrx4rKGoKaFIAKia7nIa3LUjv gtp876kkoU2ULRG2aUiifiQeiDw/UmOAGSED2HINEb2jJ3tH/wAp1zaDbo8wpyHJtJMe +SgUgWpBURAZ6GsdNg5bRe3TFHsJVKcUpyyyc= Received: by 10.204.82.136 with SMTP id b8mr8183672bkl.38.1280326291696; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:11:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (dslb-088-067-237-210.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.67.237.210]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y2sm4814676bkx.8.2010.07.28.07.11.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:11:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Change the SubmittingPatches recommendations to mention the 50 character soft limit on patch subject lines. 50 characters is the soft limit mentioned in git-commit(1) and gittutorial(7), it's also the point at which Gitweb, GitHub and various other Git front ends start abbreviating the commit message. Signed-off-by: =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/Submitting= Patches index eb53e06..099b238 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): before committing - do not check in commented out code or unneeded files - the first line of the commit message should be a short - description and should skip the full stop + description (50 characters is the soft limit, see DISCUSSION + in git-commit(1)), and should skip the full stop - the body should provide a meaningful commit message, which: - uses the imperative, present tense: "change", not "changed" or "changes". --=20 1.7.0.4