From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 19:51:11 GMT
Subject: Re: How to set git commit timestamp
Message-ID: <200705062151.40261.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705061759210.8165@bianca.dialin.t-online.de>

söndag 06 maj 2007 skrev Guido Ostkamp:
> Hello,
> 
> does somebody know a method to specify a timestamp for a 'git commit'?
> 
> I am writing a tool to convert from another SCM to git and need to replay 
> all checkins. I know how to set the log message and the author, but there 
> appears to be no command option for the timestamp (Mercurial for example, 
> has a 'hg commit -d date <file>' syntax for this).

If you are writing a converter then you should really use the plumbing 
commands rather than porcelains like git-commit and in particular you should 
look at git-fast-import for a  really fast methord of importing (and packing) 
objects.

-- robin