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Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Cite the 50 char subject limit

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JJJoshua Juran <jjuran@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2010, 19:49 UTC
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On Jul 28, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 17:23, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hmph, we probably would want to do s/50 character/&s/ in the two  
>> manual
>> pages.
>
> I'm not sure if "with a single short (less than 50 character) line" is
> is grammatically correct with "characters", since "characters line"
> wouldn't make sense.
>
> On the other hand that sentence violates the rule that when you put
> something in parens your sentence should still make sense with
> s/[()]//g, "a single short less than 50 character line" is pushing it.

If the number of characters is less than 50, then there are fewer than 50 characters.

This is a short line of fewer than 50 characters.

Cheers, Josh

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  1. SubmittingPatches: Cite the 50 char subject limitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 28, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 28, 2010
  4. Joshua JuranJul 28, 2010
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 28, 2010
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