; * CONTRIBUTE: Explain the line-width preferences.

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@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ formatting them:
 - Lines in ChangeLog entries should preferably be not longer than 63
  characters, and must not exceed 78 characters, unless they consist
  of a single word of at most 140 characters; this 78/140 limit is
-  enforced by a commit hook.
+  enforced by a commit hook.  (The 63-character preference is to
+  avoid too-long lines in the ChangeLog file generated from Git logs,
+  where each entry line is indented by a TAB.)

 - If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal
  first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk).  Then