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Re: how to force a commit date matching info from a mbox ?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 24, 2009, 00:52 UTC
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<20090124005225.GA9864@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 01:34:41AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > So good to know, and I will start generating my patches differently.
> 
> Note that your patches will not be found using Pasky's "mail" link in 
> gitweb, if you do not put the commit subject into the _real_ mail subject.
> 
> Dunno if I like that.

I think that is not a new problem. Quite a few patches are "how about this" patches in the middle of a thread, and leave the old subject. IMHO, that is a failing of the tool in not tracking common practice, not the other way around.

-Peff
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