governance: extended commit message length limit to 100

.github/automation/commit-msg-check.py

@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ def __scopeCheck(msg: str):
 
 # * Ensuring a character limit for the first line.
 def __numCharacterCheck(msg: str):
+    MAX_LEN = 100
     status = "Message length:"
     summary = msg.partition("\n")[0]
     msgSummaryLen = len(summary)
-    if msgSummaryLen <= 72:
+    if msgSummaryLen <= MAX_LEN:
         print(f"{status} OK")
         return True
     else:
-        print(f"{status} FAILED: Commit message summary must not exceed 72 characters.")
+        print(f"{status} FAILED: Commit message summary must not exceed {MAX_LEN} characters.")
         return False
 
 def main():

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ All code in oneDNN gets promoted to product branches (`master`, `rls-`, and
 To simplify the work of reviewers, make sure that the commits in the pull
 request adhere to the following requirements:
 
-- Commit message should be fit into 50 (at most 72) characters and have the
+- First line of commit message should be fit into 100 characters and have the
   imperative mood.
 - Commit message should follow the format:
   `<scope>:[scope: ..] <short description>`