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Yesterday<\/a>, I mentioned the 50\/72 rule when writing Git commit messages.<\/p>\n\n The first line in the commit message is the subject line and should be no longer than 50 characters.<\/p>\n\n Any additional lines are the message body and should be wrapped at 72 characters.<\/p>\n\n 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 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 The commit will work and not be rejected when pushing to your remote repository.<\/p>\n\n There are likely post-commit Git hooks<\/a> to do this, but by default, things will work.<\/p>\n\n A commit message to Drupal core today was 178 characters long, including the issue ID and contributors.<\/p>\n\n 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 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 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 ",
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