Re: [PATCH v2] certs/extract-cert: Fix checkpatch issues

On Wed Jun 7, 2023 at 12:43 AM EEST, Ben Boeckel wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 18:25:24 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > I'm looking through the git log to see if it's true the imperative tense
> > commit message are shorter and better and neither one of those things is
> > obvious to me.
> > 
> > This patch had an imperative subject already so it was already kind of
> > imperative.  Does every sentence have to be imperative or can you just
> > add a "Fix it." to the end?
>
> I don't know about the length argument, but it feels like it reads
> better when skimming summaries with the imperative mood. The way I think
> about it is that the subject should complete the phrase:
>
>     When applied, this patch will…
>
> The body then gives more context and description as necessary. I don't
> really worry so much about the mood/tense/whatever in the body except
> that I try to use the present tense for anything the patch is doing and
> past for any historical context. I understand that kernel maintainers
> may care a lot more about it though.
>
> Basically, a patch, on its own, does nothing (just like a recipe). It is
> only when it is applied that anything actually happens. I read it as
> "`git apply`, please $summary".
>
> --Ben

+1

BR, Jarkko