Adapt the specification to Git's official terminology and recommendations #172

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GiteaMirror · 2026-02-17T11:51:27-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-02-17 11:51:27 -06:00

Originally created by @TristanCottam on GitHub (Apr 15, 2023).

I noticed that Git's documentation about git commit itself recommends limiting the commit "description" length to "less than 50 character[s]" (which I dare rather interpret as "50 characters or less" — it doesn't mention anything about the 72-character "body" rule), as well as using the term "title" instead of "description" and "description" instead of "body".

In a nutshell, I think the specification should be more strict and explicit, basing itself on Git's official documentation, dare I say even being more opinionated at times (while not being part of the official documentation, a soft limit on the commit description's line length should be specified), in order to achieve further standardization.

Originally created by @TristanCottam on GitHub (Apr 15, 2023). I noticed that [Git's documentation about `git commit`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit) itself recommends limiting the commit "description" length to "less than 50 character[s]" (which I dare rather interpret as "50 characters or less" — it doesn't mention anything about the 72-character "body" rule), as well as using the term "title" instead of "description" and "description" instead of "body". In a nutshell, I think the specification should be more strict and explicit, basing itself on Git's official documentation, dare I say even being more opinionated at times (while not being part of the official documentation, a soft limit on the commit description's line length should be specified), in order to achieve further standardization.

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2026-02-17 11:59:39 -06:00

[PR #172] [MERGED] docs(users): add thi.ng/umbrella to project list #337

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Reference: github-starred/conventionalcommits.org#172