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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2015-04-16 12:44:28 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-04-17 09:03:57 -0400
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checkpatch, SubmittingPatches: suggest line wrapping commit messages at 75 columns
Commit messages lines are sometimes overly long. Suggest line wrapping at 75 columns so the default git commit log indentation of 4 plus the commit message text still fits on an 80 column screen. Add a checkpatch test for long commit messages lines too. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Ian Morris <ipm@chirality.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ The canonical patch message body contains the following:
- An empty line.
- - The body of the explanation, which will be copied to the
- permanent changelog to describe this patch.
+ - The body of the explanation, line wrapped at 75 columns, which will
+ be copied to the permanent changelog to describe this patch.
- The "Signed-off-by:" lines, described above, which will
also go in the changelog.