The 40-word warning never blocked a push, so eight bullets had drifted
over it. A warning the gate emits and the process ignores just
normalises drift, so it's gone — only the 60-word fail remains.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
`ci/changelog_gate.sh` walks the `## [Unreleased]` section, measures
each bullet's word count (including indented continuations), and
fails at 60 words. Soft warnings between 40 and 60 don't block.
Wired into `make push-check` so the pre-push hook enforces it.
Trims six pre-existing over-cap bullets in the same commit so the
gate lands green. Released sections are frozen and untouched.
The rule itself lives in .claude/skills/git-commit/SKILL.md
"Be concise"; this gate is the executable companion.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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