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Get the longest git commit messages
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longest-git-commit-message
git rev-list --no-merges "${1:-HEAD}" | while read rev; do echo "$(git show -s --format='%b' $rev | wc -w) words: $rev"; done | sort -rn | head -6 | cut -f2 -d: | xargs -I{} git rev-list --pretty=medium {} --max-count=1
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