Should commit messages be written in present or past tense?

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Published on 2009-11-18T05:21:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/23 7:10 UTC
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So which is it that you think is better and more intuitive?

Fixed the XXX bug in YYY
Fix the XXX bug in YYY
Fixes the XXX bug in YYY
Fixing the XXX bug in YYY

Please provide your rationales. Note I am asking from your general perspective, meaning you should not try to associate this with your preferred svn/cvs tools or programming languages, but rather think of it as something that should/can be applied to any tools and programming languages.

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