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@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ Fix type in a comment
The marker line here is important; without it the first line would
appear in the ChangeLog.
+If you exceptionally need to have longer lines in a commit log you may
+do this after this scissor line:
+#+begin_example
+# ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+#+end_example
+(hash, blank, 24 dashes, blank, scissor, blank, 24 dashes).
+Note that such a comment will be removed if the git commit option
+=--cleanup=scissor= is used.
+
+
+
** License policy
GnuPG is licensed under the GPLv3+ with some files under a mixed