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Should you strictly enforce the 50/72 rule?

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+title: Should you strictly enforce the 50/72 rule?
+date: 2024-05-21
+permalink: archive/2024/05/18/should-you-strictly-enforce-the-5072-rule
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+    - software-development
+    - git
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+    Should you strictly enforce the 50/72 rule in your commit messages?
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+[Yesterday], I mentioned the 50/72 rule when writing Git commit messages.
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+The first line in the commit message is the subject line and should be no longer than 50 characters.
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+Any additional lines are the message body and should be wrapped at 72 characters.
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+As I said, I have Neovim configured to format my commit messages based on these rules, although they're more like guidelines.
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+There's no hard limit on the number of characters in the subject line or the number of characters in the body.
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+The commit will work and not be rejected when pushing to your remote repository.
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+There are likely post-commit [Git hooks] to do this, but by default, things will work.
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+A commit message to Drupal core today was 178 characters long, including the issue ID and contributors.
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+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.
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+I'd rather they focused on writing a good and descriptive commit message and if it's formatted correctly, that's a bonus.
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+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.
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+[git hooks]: {{site.url}}/archive/2022/08/16/what-are-git-hooks-why-are-they-useful
+[yesterday]: {{site.url}}/archive/2024/05/17/why-i-dont-commit-with--m