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Given that the summary should be a single phrase, I find a period redundant and when doing git log --pretty=oneline, it looks nicer without the period.

• blinks 14y ago
  Doesn't seem like an amazing rationale; personally, I like periods -- they let me know the writer finished their thought.
  • LoganCale 14y ago
    If it's the end of the message, one can assume the thought was completed there.