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Bug 338273

Summary:	commit messages should be 72 characters instead of 70
Product:	[Technology] EGit	Reporter:	Brad Cupit <bradcupit>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P3	CC:	stefan.lay
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Brad Cupit

2011-02-25 15:19:42 EST

Build Identifier: 

Hard-wrapping commits is an awesome feature (and the gray vertical bar is nice too), but for some reason it happens at 70 characters instead of the generally accepted 72.

The quintessential source for git commit comment etiquette is:
http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. write a commit comment
2. notice the vertical gray bar at column 70 instead of 72

Comment 1 Matthias Sohn

2011-05-10 05:31:29 EDT

pushed patch for review: 
http://egit.eclipse.org/r/#change,3372

Comment 2 Matthias Sohn

2011-05-10 07:44:25 EDT

merged as c70053785dff09aa888d87174bccffa63ff5d206