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		notJim on Jan 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Note About Git Commit Messages Don't you mean: `> Exactly. That's why you write it to the lowest common denominator, so > that everyone can use it well.` Reads great!

steveklabnik on Jan 7, 2011 [–]

I didn't say that all text ever should always be 72 columns in length. A git commit message and a Hacker News comment are used in completely different ways.

Also, I probably would have moved the ', so' to the next line, so that it reads a bit better.

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