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Re: git-svn: commit author x commit committer issue

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QTQuy Tonthat <qtonthat@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2007, 15:42 UTC
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Richard MUSIL wrote:
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> Normally, when patch is applied, git distinguishes commit author and
> commit committer (relying on info from patch).
> However, after the patches are committed to svn repository using:
> git-svn dcommit
> author and committer data are set to same values (or at least time and
> date, I cannot verify it for names).
> I wonder if there is any reason for this behavior, because I would
> definitely like to keep original commit info (which came from patch) in
> my git repository.

I'm sure this worked before (author and committee are different, that is). Something went wrong recently but I haven't got time to look into the problem. I hope someone would.

Quy
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  1. Richard MUSILAug 8, 2007
  2. Quy TonthatAug 8, 2007
  3. Peter BaumannAug 8, 2007
  4. Richard MUSILAug 9, 2007
  5. Eric WongAug 16, 2007
  6. Richard MUSILAug 16, 2007
  7. Eric WongAug 17, 2007
  8. Guilhem BonnefilleAug 22, 2007
  9. Guilhem BonnefilleAug 22, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2007
  11. Eric WongAug 23, 2007
  12. Richard MUSILAug 23, 2007

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