[PATCH] commit: suggest --amend --reset-author to fix commiter identity

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date: Jan 11, 2011, 14:07 UTC
Message-ID: <1294754860-17701-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <vpq1v4nirzz.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Since the message advise to fix the configuration first, the advantage of this command is that it is cut-and-paste ready, while using --author='...' requires the user to type his name and email a second time.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
---
 builtin/commit.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 22ba54f..440223c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] =
 "\n"
 "If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with:\n"
 "\n"
-"    git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n";
+"    git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n"
+"\n"
+"or\n"
+"\n"
+"    git commit --amend --reset-author\n";
 
 static const char empty_amend_advice[] =
 "You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n"

-- 
1.7.4.rc0.2.g3e22c.dirty