From d64fff1fe067f18402861769ce1b90f8a34e9000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 00:43:09 +0200
Subject: doc: add note about line width

---
 doc/contributing.adoc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/contributing.adoc')

diff --git a/doc/contributing.adoc b/doc/contributing.adoc
index 6a9e94cd846..d2305960542 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.adoc
+++ b/doc/contributing.adoc
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ Finally, when adding a new module, say `programs/foo.nix`, we use the fixed comm
 
 The code in Home Manager is formatted by the {nixfmt}[nixfmt] tool and the formatting is checked in the pull request tests. Run the `format` tool inside the project repository before submitting your pull request.
 
-Note, we prefer `lowerCamelCase` for variable and attribute names with the accepted exception of variables directly referencing packages in Nixpkgs which use a hyphenated style. For example, the Home Manager option `services.gpg-agent.enableSshSupport` references the `gpg-agent` package in Nixpkgs.
+Keep lines at a reasonable width, ideally 80 characters or less. This also applies to string literals.
+
+We prefer `lowerCamelCase` for variable and attribute names with the accepted exception of variables directly referencing packages in Nixpkgs which use a hyphenated style. For example, the Home Manager option `services.gpg-agent.enableSshSupport` references the `gpg-agent` package in Nixpkgs.
 
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