From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:40:43 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: vimrc: Use 72 characters per line in git commit messages.
X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3e0ab38cf913c3947750e1033d54cf0e163a3602;p=config%2Fdotfiles.git

vimrc: Use 72 characters per line in git commit messages.
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diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index d8ed984..dd39b58 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -254,8 +254,11 @@ if has('autocmd')
         autocmd FileType crontab setlocal backupcopy=yes
 " Don't use the modeline as the diff created by `git commit -v` may contain
 " one which could change the filetype or other settings of the commit window.
+" Also make sure we use only 72 characters per line which is the
+" recommondation for git commit messages (http://tpope.net/node/106).
         autocmd FileType gitcommit setlocal nomodeline |
-                                 \ let g:secure_modelines_allowed_items = []
+                                 \ let g:secure_modelines_allowed_items = [] |
+                                 \ setlocal textwidth=72
 " Allow folding in perl.
         autocmd FileType perl let perl_fold = 1 |
                             \ let perl_fold_blocks = 1