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Re: [PATCH] Correct tenses in documentation.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 9, 2007, 17:05 UTC
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william pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> writes:
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> In several of the text messages, the tense of the verb
> is inconsistent.  For example, "Add" vs "Creates".  This
> patch to the .txt files makes all of the verbs for
> the summaries be present tense.  eg, "Creates" becomes
> "Create".

I find this sensible and matches the convention to use imperative form; I do not think it is "present tense", but in English they look the same.

Thanks.
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