From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:38:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-send-email: do not pass custom Date: header
Message-ID: <20061023093824.GB8749@localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <ehhv6g$4js$1@sea.gmane.org>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eric Wong wrote:
> 
> > We already generate a Date: header based on when the patch was
> > emailed. ?git-format-patch includes the Date: header of the
> > patch. ?Having two Date: headers is just confusing, so we
> > just use the current Date:
> > 
> > Often the mailed patches in a patch series are created over a
> > series of several hours or days, so the Date: header from the
> > original commit is incorrect for email, and often far off enough
> > for spam filters to complain.
> 
> But that makes us lose original commit date. And git format-patch
> is if I remember correctly together with git-am used in git-rebase.

This patch is for git-send-email, and only affects the way they
are sent over SMTP.  Output of git-format-patch is unchanged.

-- 
Eric Wong