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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Wrap commit messages on `git commit -m`
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 23:38:56 -0700
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Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> Ram, what platform do your colleagues use?
>
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Oh, ok.  In that case I blame habit.

I think the best option you have is to just complain to your
colleagues about the long lines.  Then they would get a chance to
explore what the UI currently offers and to complain to this list
(perhaps via you :)) about missing features that would make their work
easier.

To put it another way: I don't see yet how a hypothetical "git commit
--wrap-lines -m 'long message'" would make life easier than just
running "git commit" and entering the message using $EDITOR.  There's
probably a UI or documentation bug lurking somewhere, so thanks for
thinking about these things.

Regards,
Jonathan