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And here it is in the kernel contribution documentation.
Simple example:
So the commit says what applying the patch will do, not what you worked on.
Another commit style is summarizing what a commit does. In this case it would be someting like:
I think this style is more in line with auditing code.
This indicative mood is something I would send back for correction or correct myself where I am the maintainer. However I understand that although this is pretty consistent through FOSS, it is not a settled matter especially in corpo-land. Most important is that it is consistent within a project. See many differing views here on Stackoverflow, noting the most popular answer though is imperative as Linus requests.
Honestly I've never thought about it this much. I'll have to make an effort to stop writing in past tense.
This has been the recommendation and the way to do it for decades everywhere I've been too.