; * CONTRIBUTE: Explain the line-width preferences.

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Eli Zaretskii 2025-05-25 12:08:02 +03:00
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@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ formatting them:
- Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63 - Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63
characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist
of a single word of at most 140 characters; this 78/140 limit is 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 - 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 first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk). Then