Célestin Matte [off-list ref] writes:
Subject: [PATCH 08/18] Explicitely assign local variable as undef and make a proper one-instruction-by- line indentation
Try to keep short subject lines. We usually consider that 80 character
is a strict maximum, and to have e.g. "git log --oneline"'s output fit
on 80 column terminal, we try to stick to 50 chars (man git-commit
documents that).
The subject line can say "what" the patch does, and the "why" can be
deferred to the body (after the blank line in the commit message).
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Matthieu Moy
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