"value":"\n <p><a href=\"/daily\/2024\/05\/17\/why-i-dont-commit-with--m\">Yesterday<\/a>, I mentioned the 50\/72 rule when writing Git commit messages.<\/p>\n\n<p>The first line in the commit message is the subject line and should be no longer than 50 characters.<\/p>\n\n<p>Any additional lines are the message body and should be wrapped at 72 characters.<\/p>\n\n<p>As I said, I have Neovim configured to format my commit messages based on these rules, although they're more like guidelines.<\/p>\n\n<p>There's no hard limit on the number of characters in the subject line or the number of characters in the body.<\/p>\n\n<p>The commit will work and not be rejected when pushing to your remote repository.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are likely post-commit <a href=\"/daily\/2022\/08\/16\/what-are-git-hooks-why-are-they-useful\">Git hooks<\/a> to do this, but by default, things will work.<\/p>\n\n<p>A commit message to Drupal core today was 178 characters long, including the issue ID and contributors.<\/p>\n\n<p>When working on project teams, ideally, everyone would follow the 50\/72 rule, but if they don't consistently, I don't think it's an issue.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'd rather they focused on writing a good and descriptive commit message and if it's formatted correctly, that's a bonus.<\/p>\n\n<p>Whilst I could automate checks for this, I don't think it's the best use of everyone's time and, especially for Junior Developers who already have enough to learn already, not where their focus should be.<\/p>\n\n ",
"processed":"\n <p><a href=\"/daily\/2024\/05\/17\/why-i-dont-commit-with--m\">Yesterday<\/a>, I mentioned the 50\/72 rule when writing Git commit messages.<\/p>\n\n<p>The first line in the commit message is the subject line and should be no longer than 50 characters.<\/p>\n\n<p>Any additional lines are the message body and should be wrapped at 72 characters.<\/p>\n\n<p>As I said, I have Neovim configured to format my commit messages based on these rules, although they're more like guidelines.<\/p>\n\n<p>There's no hard limit on the number of characters in the subject line or the number of characters in the body.<\/p>\n\n<p>The commit will work and not be rejected when pushing to your remote repository.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are likely post-commit <a href=\"/daily\/2022\/08\/16\/what-are-git-hooks-why-are-they-useful\">Git hooks<\/a> to do this, but by default, things will work.<\/p>\n\n<p>A commit message to Drupal core today was 178 characters long, including the issue ID and contributors.<\/p>\n\n<p>When working on project teams, ideally, everyone would follow the 50\/72 rule, but if they don't consistently, I don't think it's an issue.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'd rather they focused on writing a good and descriptive commit message and if it's formatted correctly, that's a bonus.<\/p>\n\n<p>Whilst I could automate checks for this, I don't think it's the best use of everyone's time and, especially for Junior Developers who already have enough to learn already, not where their focus should be.<\/p>\n\n ",