I'm personally not that bothered by the difference in tenses, but I can see how it requires a slight mental-context-switch between reading various commits. Som

I'm personally not that bothered by the difference in tenses, but I can see how it requires a slight mental-context-switch between reading various commits. Some peoples' eyes are more attuned to syntax and grammatical inconsistencies--for them it would be a bigger distraction. In my mind, it's on par with inconsistent whitespace in code indentation. Sometimes I notice these things more and find it hard to focus on other details, but most of the time I can glance over them.