Hello,
we updated recently from Gerrit 3.1 to 3.4 and realized that the new version is a bit more opinionated about the maximum length of the lines in the commit message.
For internal reasons, we use lines of up to 80 characters, even 100 for the headline, and we have the following issues with the new version:
- word wrap is performed in the commit message on the page of the code review, making it difficult to read it
- a blue line is displayed in the "diff" view of the commit message at a position which is meaningless to us.
Both are pure UI issues, but the first issue is the most problematic. Is there a way to increase the width of the area where the commit message is displayed, to avoid word wrapping at inappropriate locations? Screen real estate is not an issue, since the area at the right of the commit message area is unused.
I tried to change the settings documented here:
But it did not seem to help. The documentation is not clear about the effect of the settings, for instance if they are used to adapt the UI, or only for validation.
Thanks,
Olivier