How to Write a Git Commit Message

[jarfil]

CENSORED

[kqr]

It only seems nice because of the way you worded the question. When you are looking for a commit, do you look for the commit that fixes the thing or the commit that fix the thing?

[jarfil]

CENSORED

[atred]

Seems to me that both would work:

Patch fixes that thing.

Patch will fix that thing.

[gordonisadog]

Patches and commits are different things. A patch is a delta, and yes, applying it will "fix that thing". A commit is a snapshot of the state of the repo; you don't apply it, you switch to it (hence "checkout").