Re: A word about Mercurial commit messages
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Jeff Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Mercurial will use your commit message up to the first line break as the > abstract it displays, for example here: http://hg.python.org/jython/ > Worth thinking about how that will read. I don't think we have an actual > rule about length. Although I don't always practice it, I like the guideline that I've seen in git circles detailed here: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html The important part being a 50 char or less first line separated by a blank line, followed by the detailed message if necessary. -Frank ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk