"謝致邦 (XIE Zhibang) via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The soft limit of the first line of the commit message should be > "no more than 50 characters" or "50 characters or less", but not > "less than 50 character". The limit being "soft", I highly doubt that anybody would wonder if a title that is exactly 50 columns wide is or is not acceptable. The updated one is more grammatically correct than the original, so the patch is not without merit, though ;-) Thanks. > ... > Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message > -with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the > +with a single short (no more than 50 characters) line summarizing the > change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. > The text up to the first blank line in a commit message is treated > as the commit title, and that title is used throughout Git. > > base-commit: bcb6cae2966cc407ca1afc77413b3ef11103c175
