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

From
MSMichael Schubert <mschub@elegosoft.com>
Date
Dec 21, 2011, 14:56 UTC
Message-ID
<4EF1F3AB.5080607@elegosoft.com>

Currently, Git doesn't provide an easy way to use the current date when amending a commit or reusing an existing commmit with -C/-c. Therefore, add --date-now.

Signed-off-by: Michael Schubert <mschub@elegosoft.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |    7 +++++--
 builtin/commit.c             |    9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 5cc84a1..b7c6f0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	   [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
 	   [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
 	   [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
-	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
-	   [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
+	   [--date=<date> | --date-now] [--cleanup=<mode>]
+	   [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --date=<date>::
 	Override the author date used in the commit.
 
+--date-now
+	Override the author date used in the commit with the current local time.
+
 -m <msg>::
 --message=<msg>::
 	Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index be1ab2e..28fdf1a 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static const char *author_message, *author_message_buffer;
 static char *edit_message, *use_message;
 static char *fixup_message, *squash_message;
 static int all, also, interactive, patch_interactive, only, amend, signoff;
+static int date_now;
 static int edit_flag = -1; /* unspecified */
 static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship;
 static int no_post_rewrite, allow_empty_message;
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
 	OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read message from file"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "author", "override author for commit"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "date", &force_date, "date", "override date for commit"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "date-now", &date_now, "override date for commit with current local time"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "message", "commit message", opt_parse_m),
 	OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "commit", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "commit", "reuse message from specified commit"),
@@ -557,7 +559,9 @@ static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
 					(lb - strlen(" ") -
 					 (a + strlen("\nauthor "))));
 		email = xmemdupz(lb + strlen("<"), rb - (lb + strlen("<")));
-		date = xmemdupz(rb + strlen("> "), eol - (rb + strlen("> ")));
+		if (!date_now)
+			date = xmemdupz(rb + strlen("> "),
+					eol - (rb + strlen("> ")));
 	}
 
 	if (force_author) {
@@ -1018,6 +1022,9 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
 	if (force_author && renew_authorship)
 		die(_("Using both --reset-author and --author does not make sense"));
 
+	if (force_date && date_now)
+		die(_("Using both --date and --date-now does not make sense"));
+
 	if (logfile || message.len || use_message || fixup_message)
 		use_editor = 0;
 	if (0 <= edit_flag)
-- 
1.7.8.521.g64725
Next: Carlos Martín Nieto
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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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