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That part, I do not get. Do they mean it permits a rewrite? But all sentences do.
by medstrom 3y ago
That part, I do not get. Do they mean it permits a rewrite? But all sentences do.
- coldtea 3y agoThey mean it allows you to not point out who did the merge. If the PR introduced a BUG or was a bad choice to merge it, you might not want to use an active form, because then you have to say who did it (for example, in a report), to protect them, or to not appear like you're pointing fingers. The passive voice allows you to state the fact that the commit was merged, without mentioning anybody. "John/Jil merged the pull request" vs "The pull request was merged" - you can chose whether you want to include "by John/Jil" or not.