From 421ecbcf6b476c413675e93c074f1399db146fc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 12:08:02 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; * CONTRIBUTE: Explain the line-width preferences. --- CONTRIBUTE | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 06e6fe45c84..2da47fa35f8 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ formatting them: - Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63 characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist of a single word of at most 140 characters; this 78/140 limit is - enforced by a commit hook. + enforced by a commit hook. (The 63-character preference is to + avoid too-long lines in the ChangeLog file generated from Git logs, + where each entry line is indented by a TAB.) - If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk). Then