On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:24 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, at 21:47, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> [jc: tweaked the commit log message and the implementation a bit] > > > > Just a question. Given the imperative mood principle/rule, why are these > > bracket changelog lines always written in the past tense? > > These are not giving orders to the code to become like so. The > trailer block records what happend to the patch in chronological > order---think of those written there at one level higher level, > "meta" comments. Also, they are not always written in past tense[*]. [*]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240112171910.11131-1-ericsunshine@xxxxxxxxxxx/
