[PR #65] [CLOSED] docs(example): use imperative verb in example #1596

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GiteaMirror · 2026-04-13T12:52:25-05:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/conventional-commits/conventionalcommits.org/pull/65
Author: @apetro
Created: 7/6/2018
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: tighten-verb-examples

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0a809f3 docs: use imperative verb in example

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📄 Description

While Conventional Commits itself does not specify verb tense for the description, it's common to use imperative, present tense describing what the commit, if applied, does, rather than past tense describing what was done. So adopt this convention in the example.

cf. https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/22b96b9/CONTRIBUTING.md#subject

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/conventional-commits/conventionalcommits.org/pull/65 **Author:** [@apetro](https://github.com/apetro) **Created:** 7/6/2018 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `tighten-verb-examples` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`0a809f3`](https://github.com/conventional-commits/conventionalcommits.org/commit/0a809f396d31b803d529dd8ea554eeea037a3cbc) docs: use imperative verb in example ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -1 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `index.md` (+1 -1) </details> ### 📄 Description While Conventional Commits itself does not specify verb tense for the description, it's common to use imperative, present tense describing what the commit, if applied, does, rather than past tense describing what was done. So adopt this convention in the example. cf. https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/22b96b9/CONTRIBUTING.md#subject --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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