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Re: [PATCH] Ensure author information is set before asking for commit message.

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 14, 2006, 02:41 UTC
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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> writes:
> It's better to find out you need to set your author information
> properly before you enter a long commit message.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>

Makes sense but I suspect you would want COMMITTER not AUTHOR. Imagine you pulled from somewhere else and it conflicted, requiring you to hand resolve and then run git-commit.

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  1. Ensure author information is set before asking for commit message.Sean, May 14, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2006
  3. Ensure author & committer before asking for commit message.Sean, May 14, 2006

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