On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:20:56 +0200
Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 07/18/2018 02:10 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> > I often find myself in the
> > need to use/invent some abbreviation in order to fit the limit.
> > Considering this is an error, this sends the message that short is
> > preferred over clear.  
> 
> Or that the summary should be concise and a longer proper description
> can be written in the body of the commit message instead. Potentially
> mixed in with multiple commits for different logical changes etc etc.
> 

Sure, but that somewhat defeats the point of a summary if it's not
possible to clearly express what it is about without relying on the
long description.

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