Here is an updated "our 'present' is before the patch is applied in the log messages" patch, together with a couple of changes to explain _why_ we care about your log messages. Hopefully by knowing whom they are trying to help with their log messages, our contributors will be able to write a more useful proposed log messages when they send their patches to the list. Junio C Hamano (3): SubmittingPatches: write problem statement in the log in the present tense CodingGuidelines: hint why we value clearly written log messages SubmittingPatches: explain why we care about log messages Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 7 +++++++ Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+) -- 2.35.0-155-g0eb5153edc