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Meaning of the mysterious thin vertical red line in commit window


The TortoiseHg Commit window has a thin vertical red line in the text area where you can write your commit message:

Example of the TortoiseHg commit window

What is the purpose and/or meaning of this line? The relevant TortoiseHg documentation comes up empty. Searching Google and Stack Overflow currently give zero results.

Is it a suggested(?) or recommended(?) place to put hard line breaks in commit messages? If so: why have such a suggestion at all, and why at that particular location?


Solution

  • Okay, bro, it 's your personal hand-made settings (default value - unspecified)!!!

    TortoiseHG - Settings - Commit

    SLL part

    and at the bottom, when this listbox is active, you can read description and purpose of this parameter

    SLL Desc