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".