Git Commit Messages: 50/72 Formatting

Question

Tim Pope argues for a particular Git commit message style in his blog post: http://www.tpope.net/node/106.

Here is a quick summary of what he recommends:

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Answer 1

Is the maximum recommended title length really 50?

I have believed this for years, but as I just noticed the documentation of "git commit" actually states

$ git help commit | grep -C 1 50
      Though not required, it’s a good idea to begin the commit message with
      a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the change,
      followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description. The text

$  git version
git version 2.11.0

One could argue that "less then 50" can only mean "no longer than 49".