| Commit Message Length Configuration |
| =================================== |
| |
| The maximum lengths of the subject and message body can be |
| configured in the standard Gerrit config file `gerrit.config`. |
| The defaults are 50 characters for the summary and 72 characters |
| for the description, as recommended by the |
| [git tutorial](https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/927a503cd07718ea0f700052043f383253904a56/Documentation/tutorial.txt#64) |
| and [expanded upon by Tim Pope](http://www.tpope.net/node/106). |
| |
| commitmessage.maxSubjectLength |
| : Maximum length of the commit message's subject line. Defaults |
| to 50 if not specified or less than 0. |
| |
| commitmessage.maxLineLength |
| : Maximum length of a line in the commit message's body. Defaults |
| to 72 if not specified or less than 0. |
| |
| commitmessage.longLinesThreshold |
| : Percentage of commit message lines allowed to exceed the |
| maximum length before a warning or error is generated. Defaults |
| to 33 if not specified or less than 0. |
| |
| commitmessage.rejectTooLong |
| : If set to `true`, reject commits whose subject or line |
| length exceeds the maximum allowed length. If not |
| specified, defaults to `false`. |
