; CONTRIBUTE: Remove the "relax this rule for commit messages" bit

Fixes: debbugs:20328
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Dmitry Gutov 2015-04-15 02:15:07 +03:00
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commit 2b714275e3

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@ -87,10 +87,9 @@ The general format is as follows.
ending with a period (except the summary line should not end in a
period).
It is tempting to relax this rule for commit messages, since they
are somewhat transient. However, they are preserved indefinitely,
and have a reasonable chance of being read in the future, so it's
better that they have good presentation.
They are preserved indefinitely, and have a reasonable chance of
being read in the future, so it's better that they have good
presentation.
- Use the present tense; describe "what the change does", not "what
the change did".