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Feature Request: Configurable Commit Message Length in Generate Feature #517

@mk-73

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@mk-73

Description:

I've noticed that the "Generate" feature for commit messages in Windsurf IDE truncates messages at around 200-250 characters. While I can manually edit the message to include all necessary details, it would be great to have a configuration option to adjust or remove this limit.

Current Behavior:

Clicking "Generate" creates a commit message
The message is cut off at approximately 200-250 characters
This happens even when the full message would be valid according to Git's limits

Desired Behavior:

Add a configuration option to set a custom maximum length for generated commit messages
Or, if possible, remove the truncation entirely and let Git's own validation handle message length

Workaround:

Currently, I need to manually edit the generated message to include all relevant details, which defeats some of the efficiency benefits of the generate feature.

Environment:

Windsurf Version: 1.9544.35
Windsurf Extension Version: 1.48.2
Windsurf Commit: cb270b70c3a55fd43530de48988912a8d9cccb20
VS Code OSS Version: 1.106.0
Date: 2026-02-04T23:05:53.668Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

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