So it does. How are people managing to independently get this so wrong? The form used in a commit message isn't an imperative. It's an infinitive. No commands are being issued. This is like a purported grammar book telling you that third-person singular subjects use plural verb forms when the verb is in the past tense. The form is identical (except, in the example, for was), but the statement is obviously incorrect.
So it does. How are people managing to independently get this so wrong? The form used in a commit message isn't an imperative. It's an infinitive. No commands are being issued. This is like a purported grammar book telling you that third-person singular subjects use plural verb forms when the verb is in the past tense. The form is identical (except, in the example, for was), but the statement is obviously incorrect.