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[PATCH] commit -c/-C/--amend: take over authorship and restamp time with --claim

From
Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 31, 2009, 03:08 UTC
Message-ID
<1256958480-6775-1-git-send-email-erick.mattos@gmail.com>

When we use one of the options above we are normally trying to do mainly two things: one is using the source as a template and second is to recreate a commit with corrections.

When they are used, the authorship and timestamp recorded in the newly created commit is always taken from the original commit. And they should not when we are using it as a template.

The new --claim option is meant to solve this need by regenerating the timestamp and setting as new author the committer or the one specified on --author option.

Signed-off-by: Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |   10 +++++++---
 builtin-commit.c             |    7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 0578a40..96248ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
-	   [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+	   [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--claim]
 	   [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
 	   [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
@@ -61,14 +61,18 @@ OPTIONS
 -C <commit>::
 --reuse-message=<commit>::
 	Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message
-	and the authorship information (including the timestamp)
-	when creating the commit.
+	and the authorship information when creating the commit.
 
 -c <commit>::
 --reedit-message=<commit>::
 	Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
 	the user can further edit the commit message.
 
+--claim::
+	When used with -C/-c/--amend options the committer takes over
+	the cloned commit authorship and renew the timestamp thus using
+	only the commit message from the source.
+
 -F <file>::
 --file=<file>::
 	Take the commit message from the given file.  Use '-' to
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index c395cbf..33922df 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static const char *template_file;
 static char *edit_message, *use_message;
 static char *author_name, *author_email, *author_date;
 static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
-static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run;
+static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, claim;
 static char *untracked_files_arg;
 /*
  * The default commit message cleanup mode will remove the lines
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
 	OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read log from file"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "AUTHOR", "override author for commit"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "MESSAGE", "specify commit message", opt_parse_m),
-	OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit "),
+	OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "COMMIT", "reuse message from specified commit"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "claim", &claim, "take over cloned commit authorship and renew timestamp"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
 	OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, "use specified template file"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &edit_flag, "force edit of commit"),
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ static void determine_author_info(void)
 	email = getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL");
 	date = getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE");
 
-	if (use_message) {
+	if (use_message && !claim) {
 		const char *a, *lb, *rb, *eol;
 
 		a = strstr(use_message_buffer, "\nauthor ");
-- 
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