From 0fd74a564eec0d1bd152ca7b6d5967ff571be66a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:02:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] scripts: commit-msg: tweak 72-column test to avoid a
 false-positive

* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Don't warn about a line that is
longer than 72 if it is a comment.  Git-generated comments would
occasionally trigger this.
---
 scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
index 7d0891e..22f595f 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ sub check_msg($$)
   # Limit line length to allow for the ChangeLog's leading TAB.
   foreach my $line (@line)
     {
-      72 < length $line
+      72 < length $line && $line =~ /^[^#]/
         and return 'line longer than 72';
     }
 
-- 
2.7.4