Bug#889749: debcommit: support auto-splitting of long messages

[Mattia Rizzolo]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.17.12
Severity: wishlist
User: devscripts at packages.debian.org
Usertags: debcommit

Please add some flag to auto-split long commit messages.
In git it's customary to write a very short summary on the first line
and then go on with a longer description in a new line.

To properly split the sentence we should support the following modes of
operation:
* split at a word boundary before a certain column
* split at the first full-stop


Example of annoying commit caused by debcommit:
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/lintian/lintian.git/commit/?id=db665d698523b6e207596820c5eff4d88ad1394e

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