Here is a small statistic based on the Github commit messages:
Fix: 25M Fixed: 12M Fixing: 22M Fixes: 23M
Add: 25M Added: 22M Adding: 19M
Update: 18M Updated: 14M Updating: 18M
Remove: 25M Removed: 18M Removing: 18M Removal: 7M
Delete: 7M Deleted: 8M Deleting: 9M
We can see that the imperative is used a little more than the past tense.
Personally, I use past tense because it sounds more polite.
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Here is a small statistic based on the Github commit messages:
Fix: 25M
Fixed: 12M
Fixing: 22M
Fixes: 23M
Add: 25M
Added: 22M
Adding: 19M
Update: 18M
Updated: 14M
Updating: 18M
Remove: 25M
Removed: 18M
Removing: 18M
Removal: 7M
Delete: 7M
Deleted: 8M
Deleting: 9M
We can see that the imperative is used a little more than the past tense.
Personally, I use past tense because it sounds more polite.