It's called the Imperative Mood[0]. I like to think of it as though I'm completing this statement: "If you apply this patch, this commit will [Do The Thing™]".

It's called the Imperative Mood[0]. I like to think of it as though I'm completing this statement: "If you apply this patch, this commit will [Do The Thing™]". Here's a few examples: If I were to apply this patch, this commit will… - Simplify FooWidget - Add optional table support - Remove trailing whitespace - Update fizzbuzz to 1.2.0 - Merge branch 'feature/ABC-123-foobar' - Revert "Add foo to bar" [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_mood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperative_mood