Issue Labeler - Description Textbox: Display over-limit prompt: "exceeds by N characters" when the description exceeds 100 characters.
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Description
# Description
Currently, GitHub Issue labeler shows a generic error for overlong descriptions:
`Description is too long (maximum is 100 characters)` (see screenshot below).
This increases the time users spend editing the **Description** field in cases of overlong description because they cannot see how many characters to remove without using an external character counter tool.
# Suggested Solution
* Prompt the minimum number of characters to be reduced. For instance, " Trim the message by 17 characters (limit: 100)".
or
* Prompt the number of characters over the limit. For instance, "Over by 17 characters (limit:100)".
# Alternate Solution
* Continue with current sub-optimal error prompt which requires users to use an external tool to determine minimum number of characters to trim.
# Code to demonstrate issue
# Checklist for Completion
* [ ] Add the logic to compute `excess - max(0, input_length - 100)` when input > 100
* [ ] Customize the error prompter to prompt one of the suggested solutions
* [ ] Add unit / integration tests for boundary / edge cases (99 / 100 / 101 characters)
* [ ] Update relevant documentation for the Description field error behavior
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