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36500	pre-commit should enforce 79 char limit for docstrings and comments	Mike Edmunds	Mike Edmunds	"Django's coding style has long required [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/internals/contributing/writing-code/coding-style/#python-style:~:text=We%20allow%20up%20to%2088%20characters%20as%20this%20is%20the%20line%20length%20used%20by%20black.%20This%20check%20is%20included%20when%20you%20run%20flake8.%20Documentation%2C%20comments%2C%20and%20docstrings%20should%20be%20wrapped%20at%2079%20characters%2C%20even%20though%20PEP%208%20suggests%2072. limiting docstrings and comments] to 79 characters, while allowing a larger 88-char limit for code lines. (The latter matches Black's default.)

Currently, only the 88 char limit is enforced by pre-commit linting, via flake8. The 79 char limit is manually enforced during PR review.

Early versions of flake8 supported only a single `max-line-length ` limit that applied to both code and comments/docstrings. flake8 3.7.8 (2019-07-08) added a separate `max-doc-length` configuration option.

Django should set that option so reviewers and contributors don't need to spend time cycling on line length.
"	Cleanup/optimization	assigned	Packaging	5.2	Normal				Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0