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Re: [PATCH] Support wrapping commit messages when you read them

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HHHolger Hellmuth <hellmuth@ira.uka.de>
Date
Feb 14, 2012, 12:10 UTC
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On 13.02.2012 23:25, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Computers are good at automating" is true, and that is why real editors
> give an easy way to auto-wrap long prose in a paragraph while composing.
> But "computers are good at automating" is not a convincing justification
> to let the composer leave unreasonably long lines in the commit log object
> and force the reader side to line-wrap the mess only to fix it up.

Maybe this is more convincing: Only the reader side knows the line-length of the display or window.

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  1. Support wrapping commit messages when you read themSidney San Martín, Dec 25, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 25, 2011
  3. Sidney San MartínFeb 13, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  5. Holger HellmuthFeb 14, 2012
  6. Sidney San MartínFeb 20, 2012

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