On 2019-08-13, at 12:14:03 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 11:04:24AM +0100, Jeremy Sowden wrote:
> > On 2019-08-13, at 11:55:29 +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > Would you mind if - before pushing this out - I do this string
> > > replacement for the patch subject?
> > >
> > > s/added/add
> > > s/removed/remove
> > > s/inlined/inline
> > >
> > > I was told present tense is preferred for description. Otherwise, I'll
> > > leave them as is.
> >
> > I adopted past tenses because at the point at which one is reading
> > the description of a commit, one is usually reading about old
> > behaviour and what has been done to change it.  However, I wasn't
> > aware that there was a preference and I am happy to switch to the
> > present tense instead, so by all means feel free to change them.
>
> This is not in the Documentation tree, or I could not find this in a
> quick git grep:
>
> https://kernelnewbies.org/PatchPhilosophy
>
> "In patch descriptions and in the subject, it is common and preferable
> to use present-tense, imperative language. Write as if you are telling
> git what to do with your patch."
>
> I remember though that maintainers have been asking for this in the
> past.

Thanks for the pointer.

J.