1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index 8741443..3a58cd2 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ set default_config(gui.matchtrackingbranch) false
 set default_config(gui.pruneduringfetch) false
 set default_config(gui.trustmtime) false
 set default_config(gui.diffcontext) 5
+set default_config(gui.commitmsgwidth) 75
 set default_config(gui.newbranchtemplate) {}
 set default_config(gui.spellingdictionary) {}
 set default_config(gui.fontui) [font configure font_ui]
@@ -2424,7 +2425,7 @@ text $ui_comm -background white -foreground black \
 	-maxundo 20 \
 	-autoseparators true \
 	-relief sunken \
-	-width 75 -height 9 -wrap none \
+	-width $repo_config(gui.commitmsgwidth) -height 9 -wrap none \
 	-font font_diff \
 	-yscrollcommand {.vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.sby set}
 scrollbar .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.sby \