I think it would be safe to assume that the author knows pretty well how to use git and github: https://github.com/tonsky/
Probably, while his own commit messages seem to be consistent and informative, he spent too much time looking at repos of other people, where it is not so.
Since I frequently have the same feeling when exploring potential dependencies for my projects, so yes, changing the Github UI to accept the status quo seems more logical for me, than trying to reeducate all the developers in the world to follow the universal guidelines for commit messages sensibility.
Probably, while his own commit messages seem to be consistent and informative, he spent too much time looking at repos of other people, where it is not so.
Since I frequently have the same feeling when exploring potential dependencies for my projects, so yes, changing the Github UI to accept the status quo seems more logical for me, than trying to reeducate all the developers in the world to follow the universal guidelines for commit messages sensibility.