• Git docs officially recommends you use present tense, imperative style commit msg

  • “make xyz do this” instead of “I changed xyz to do this”

  • as if you’re giving orders lol

  • But it doesn’t really matter and it often depends on the organization/project/personal preferences, just be consistent

  • Your commit msg may be super long!!!

    • bullet points, summary, detailed explanation, etc
    • In this case, just use a text editor through git commit