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Re: [PATCH] git-commit: add option --date-now

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 21, 2011, 20:25 UTC
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<20111221202501.GA14895@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 05:24:57PM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> writes:
> 
> > I was surpised when I tried 'git commit --amend --date=now' that git
> > didn't understand 'now' as a date, which seems like a more obvious
> > place to fix it.
> 
> +1
> 
> I really don't think Git wants yet-another-option for each use-case we
> find, and accepting "now" as a date (either by hardcoding "now" as an
> accepted value, or by running approxidate on the argument of --date).

I'm curious of the use case where one wants "--date=now" but not "--reset-author". Or is it simply that "--reset-author" is a less obvious thing to try?

At any rate, if we are going to do that, I agree it should be spelled "--date=now", and not "--date-now".

-Peff
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  1. git-commit: add option --date-nowMichael Schubert, Dec 21, 2011
  2. Carlos Martín NietoDec 21, 2011
  3. Matthieu MoyDec 21, 2011
  4. Jeff KingDec 21, 2011

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