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authorNeal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) <[email protected]>2019-01-08 12:23:05 -0500
committerBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2019-01-08 09:23:05 -0800
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Bump commit subject length to 72 characters
There's not really a reason to keep the subject length so short, since the reason to make it this short was for making nice renders of a summary list of the git log. With 72 characters, this still works out fine, so let's just raise it to that so that it's easier to give slightly more descriptive change summaries. Reviewed by: Matt Ahrens <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tony Hutter <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Neal Gompa <[email protected]> Closes #8250
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### Commit Message Formats
#### New Changes
Commit messages for new changes must meet the following guidelines:
-* In 50 characters or less, provide a summary of the change as the
+* In 72 characters or less, provide a summary of the change as the
first line in the commit message.
* A body which provides a description of the change. If necessary,
please summarize important information such as why the proposed