From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:05:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tag: add --author option
Message-ID: <7v1uodzlt9.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F722D18.50502@gmx.ch>

Mathias Weber <mweb@gmx.ch> writes:

> ... To change the committer you have to
> provide the env variable GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITER_EMAIL or
> change the config file. I haven't found a option to change the
> committer. I think the tagger is about the same as the committer.

OK, so not giving an easy option to forge it, while leaving the door open
for scripts to use GIT_COMMITTER_{NAME,EMAIL} to override it if needed, is
a good way to keep people honest and make the behaviour consistent across
tools.  I can understand the reasoning.

Thanks.