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Re: [RFC] format-patch: Ensure that author and commit time are not lost

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Björn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 15, 2009, 22:16 UTC
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2009/11/15 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
> I think you are addressing a very valid issue, but I suspect that you are
> doing so at a wrong place in the "patch mail-out" workflow.
[...]
> This new function is not about "Is the _sender_ the same as the author?",
> but is about "Is the person who is running format-patch the same as the
> author?".  There is a big difference.

Yes, I kind of suspected that my solution would not be general enough to suit all users and workflows.

Thanks for the feedback.
/Björn
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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
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  3. Björn GustavssonNov 15, 2009
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