CannedResponses: status quo is present not in the past
Junio C Hamano committed
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The usual way to compose a log message of this project is to
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- - Give an observation on how the current system works in the present
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- tense (so no need to say "Currently X is Y", just "X is Y"), and
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- discuss what you perceive as a problem in it.
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+ - Give an observation on how the current system works in the
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+ present tense (so no need to say "Currently X is Y", or
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+ "Previously X was Y" to describe the state before your change;
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+ just "X is Y" is enough), and discuss what you perceive as a
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+ problem in it.
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- Propose a solution (optional---often, problem description
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trivially leads to an obvious solution in reader's minds).