From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753599AbbDATg1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2015 15:36:27 -0400 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:48667 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752910AbbDATg0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2015 15:36:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 21:36:18 +0200 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Andrew Morton Cc: Joe Perches , David Miller , Ian Morris , netdev@vger.kernel.org, LKML , linux-doc Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch/SubmittingPatches: Suggest line wrapping commit messages at 72 columns Message-ID: <20150401213618.029f8c1f@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20150401122001.f0203b0ddac348db14e5822a@linux-foundation.org> References: <1427634005-4313-1-git-send-email-ipm@chirality.org.uk> <20150331.135338.519327316482059081.davem@davemloft.net> <1427825806.10376.42.camel@perches.com> <1427827225.18175.3.camel@perches.com> <20150401122001.f0203b0ddac348db14e5822a@linux-foundation.org> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.27; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:20:01 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > waah, I use 75 and this patch has ruined my life. > > Is there some way I can disable just this check without patching > checkpatch? I suspect a lot of people will be interested in doing > this ;) I use 75 too, FWIW. It seems to me that nobody out there complains about 75-character lines in commit logs; it's the 120-character lines that irritate people. I would suggest that this limit could be set to 75 (or even, say, 77) and still achieve its real purpose while leaving far fewer ruined lives in its wake. jon