Vscode: Ability to configure long commit warning length

[adamweeks]

It would be nice to configure how long a commit message is before it displays the warning. Some repos I work on allow a 75 char line length, while others allow 100. I know we can enable/disable via git.enableLongCommitWarning config. Would be nice to add one more config for length.

• VSCode Version: 1.8.1
• OS Version: macOS Sierra

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Enter a commit message longer than 50 characters.
2. Observe warning.

[zbjornson]

GitHub shows the first 70 characters and GitLab shows the first 80. Would be nice to have this configurable so users can work to those limits.

[jdforsythe]

I was just about to post this as a request.

[jcbp]

I think that if the warning only shows a character count instead of the remaining characters there is no needs to configure the characters warning limit. It could just show the text length number.

[pradyunsg]

I think these are the relevant lines:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/42c882151f3e001d11f50802e072ac1a5d84dca7/extensions/git/src/repository.ts#L554-L589

[mittalyashu]

VS Code _(only write 72 characters)_

Atom _(write the description to infinite length)_

[FranklinYu]

@mittalyashu How is that related to this issue?

[pradyunsg]

Moreover, you can write commit messages longer than 72 characters. If you don't want that warning, there's a configuration option to disable it.

[mittalyashu]

Moreover, you can write commit messages longer than 72 characters. If you don't want that warning, there's a configuration option to disable it.

@pradyunsg, how to do it?

[pradyunsg]

// Controls when to show commit message input validation.
"git.inputValidation": "warn"

It can take the values always, warn, off. To disable it, use off.

[joaomoreno]

Starting next release, you can control this with git.inputValidationLength.

[pradyunsg]

@joaomoreno Awesome! Thanks for this!