diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 0854ddc..4000280 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ set undofile
 
 autocmd FileType php,python setl sts=4 sw=4 ts=4
 autocmd FileType gitcommit,markdown,text setl nosi spell
+autocmd FileType gitcommit setl cc=50,72 tw=72
 autocmd FileType markdown,text setl tw=80 wm=2
 
 autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e