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Re: [PATCH] git-p4: warn if git authorship won't be retained

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 10, 2011, 23:38 UTC
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Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org> writes:
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> If the git commits you are submitting contain changes made by
> other people, the authorship will not be retained. Change git-p4
> to warn of this and to note that --preserve-user can be used
> to solve the problem (if you have suitable permissions).
> The warning can be disabled.
>
> Add a test case and update documentation.
>
> Requested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Helped-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org>

Heh, I didn't really "request" it; I am not a git-p4 user and am in no position to judge if such a feature is useful. If you felt it is a good thing to do, please take full the credit (no need to resend; I am not complaining).

Thanks.
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  1. git-p4: warn if git authorship won't be retainedLuke Diamand, May 10, 2011
  2. git-p4: warn if git authorship won't be retainedLuke Diamand, May 10, 2011
  3. Luke DiamandMay 10, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2011
  5. Luke DiamandMay 11, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2011

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