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[PATCH] doc: correct the 50 characters soft limit

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謝G謝致邦 (XIE Zhibang) via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2023, 09:59 UTC
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 <Yeking@Red54.com>

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".

Signed-off-by: 谢致邦 (XIE Zhibang) <Yeking@Red54.com>
---
    doc: correct the 50 characters soft limit
    
    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".
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1580%2FRed54%2Fdoc-patch-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1580/Red54/doc-patch-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1580
 Documentation/git-commit.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 225c6c9f2e5..a6cef5d8203 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ DISCUSSION
 ----------
 
 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
-- 
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