Re: edit Author/Date metadata as part of 'git commit' $EDITOR invocation?

From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 5, 2010, 20:22 UTC
Message-ID: <20100105202159.GA2657@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <fabb9a1e1001041452q299f1f28hff041eb06fd24b1f@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 05:52:42PM -0500, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> Heya,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 16:08, Adam Megacz <adam@megacz.com> wrote:
> > Perhaps a preference (off by default) demanding that they be set
> > explicitly when "git commit -m" is used?
> 
> Heh, what use would that be? On a different/new box you would have
> neither that setting nor the email set, so that doens't solve the
> problem methinks :P.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sverre Rabbelier

Workaround:

If you use "git commit -s" it includes a Signed-off-by line which includes your name and email.

Seeing "Signed-off-by: root <root@localhost>" would give you a hint that you should abort the commit, set the vars, and try again.

-- 
		David