From f434df815df1ff98cc5fb9e3f52609309b58b587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bobby R. Bruce" Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:03:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] misc: Updated git description length policy to 72 chars Advocating <=75 characters is non-standard. 72 characters is recommended. Furthermore, within Gerrit, descriptions >72 characters causes ugly line-wrapping. This commit updates this policy to 72 characters. The corresponding change within the gem5 webpage: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5-website/+/31134 Change-Id: Iaf542a241772f8e400d8f90624712de1a435d096 Issue-on: https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-665 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/31135 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce Tested-by: kokoro --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 0fb4ab272..74bdd2c0e 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ A canonical commit message consists of three parts: causes line-wrapping for longer lines. * (Optional, but highly recommended) A detailed description. This describes what you have done and why. If the change isn't obvious, you might want to - motivate why it is needed. Lines need to be wrapped to 75 characters or + motivate why it is needed. Lines need to be wrapped to 72 characters or less. * Tags describing patch metadata. You are highly recommended to use tags to acknowledge reviewers for their work. Gerrit will automatically add -- 2.30.2