From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:19:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: use current date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header line
Message-ID: <20100415231945.GA20584@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To: <9946ffbdf26e7b08b9b00b87d4b575fea774be4c.1271342450.git.chris@arachsys.com>

Hi,

Chris Webb wrote:

> Put the current date in the 'From COMMIT DATE' header line instead of using
> the fixed date 'Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001'.

Please no.  It is useful that format-patch generates the same output
when run a few times in a row.

If it is important to have a realistic date, would the commit date or
similar work?

Jonathan