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@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ Sending patches
the change.
- The subject line (the first line in a commit message) should contain a
prefix identifying the sub system, followed by a short description what
- impact this commit has. This subject line shouldn't be longer than 72
- characters, because it messes up the output of many git tools otherwise.
+ impact this commit has. This subject line and the commit message body
+ shouldn't be longer than 72 characters per line, because it messes up the
+ output of many git tools otherwise.
For example, you fixed a crash in af_volume.c: