From 6a50736445f725dc0990eff95b1357b9a04ef5c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sasa Zivkov Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:59:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document usage of the past tense in commit messages Change-Id: Ifd1f8741f30e4e878cf853c1cec98b0289f1586e Signed-off-by: Sasa Zivkov --- Documentation/dev-contributing.txt | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt b/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt index 244df284a1..3f2eecf3ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt +++ b/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ change to be reviewed. * Followed by a blank line * Followed by one or more explanatory paragraphs * Use the present tense (fix instead of fixed) + * Use the past tense when describing the status before this commit * Include a Bug: Issue <#> line if fixing a Gerrit issue * Include a Change-Id line