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From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date: Jan 13, 2009, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID: <8763kjt0mw.fsf_-_@iki.fi>
In-Reply-To: <20090113201024.GA20129@chistera.yi.org>

Adeodato Simó (2009-01-13 21:10 +0100) wrote:

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> * Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:03:11 -0600]:
>
>> My rule for this is absolutely no more than 80 characters.
>
> My rule for *all* of the commit message is "absolutely no more than 76
> characters". With more than 76, `git log` wraps in a 80-column terminal.

Here's my rule:

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
             '("/\\.git/\\(COMMIT\\|TAG\\)_EDITMSG\\'" .
               vcs-message-mode))

(define-derived-mode vcs-message-mode text-mode "VCS-message"
  "Major mode for editing commit and tag messages." 
  (auto-fill-mode 1)
  (set (make-local-variable 'tab-stop-list)
       (number-sequence 4 100 4))
  (setq indent-tabs-mode nil
        fill-column 72
        truncate-lines t))

Message 5 of 7 in “Adds a #!bash to the top of bash completions so that editors can recognize, it as a bash script. Also adds a few simple comments above commands that, take arguments. The comments are meant to remind editors of potential, problems that can occur when the script is sourced on systems with "set, -u."”

3/3 Adds a #!bash to the top of bash completions so that editors can recognize, it as a bash script. Also adds a few simple comments above commands that, take arguments. The comments are meant to remind editors of potential, problems that can occur when the script is sourced on systems with "set, -u."Ted Pavlic, Jan 13, 2009
Shawn O. PearceJan 13, 2009
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 13, 2009
Adeodato SimóJan 13, 2009
Commit messagesTeemu Likonen, Jan 13, 2009
Ted PavlicJan 14, 2009
Markus HeidelbergJan 15, 2009

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