This post by Tim Pope is considered the "definitive guide to commit messages" as far as I'm aware.
http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html +1 to adopting this style. On 24 June 2016 at 19:15, Jon Dufresne <jon.dufre...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Carl Meyer <c...@oddbird.net> wrote: > >> To be clear, the recommended git style is not present tense, it is >> imperative mood. So it should _not_ be "Fixes #12345 -- Regulates the >> frobnicator", it should be "Fix #12345 -- Regulate the frobnicator." >> > > Do you have a link to an authoritative source stating this as the > recommended style or is it just common knowledge? > > I'm not arguing against the proposal (in fact, I agree with it), I'm just > curious if there is documentation to support one style over the other. > > Cheers, > Jon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CADhq2b4zz8Dd8%3Dh7PSuMvFOFok3Tn-K0JsQkVkNNiBKphkBH%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CADhq2b4zz8Dd8%3Dh7PSuMvFOFok3Tn-K0JsQkVkNNiBKphkBH%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAMwjO1FMheLWko-f6FvHAVRUTDfTuEbxbJd9yfw3oFfUOTQUQw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
