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Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce CHERRY_PICK_HEAD

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2011, 19:58 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Wait, does this mean that -c/-C/--amend/CHERRY_PICK_HEAD overrides
> GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, and GIT_AUTHOR_DATE?
>
> *checks*
>
> Yes, it does.  The behavior is carried over from v0.99~185
> (git-commit-script: get commit message from an existing one,
> 2005-06-25), but imho it is wrong.

Hmph, -c/-C/--amend is like giving the identity with --author from the command line so overriding the values from the environment variables sounds like the right thing to do.

Where am I confused?
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Message 10 of 18 in “CHERRY_PICK_HEAD”
  1. 0/2 CHERRY_PICK_HEADJay Soffian, Feb 16, 2011
  2. 1/2 Introduce CHERRY_PICK_HEADJay Soffian, Feb 16, 2011
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 16, 2011
  4. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2011
  5. Introduce CHERRY_PICK_HEADJay Soffian, Feb 16, 2011
  6. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederFeb 16, 2011
  8. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2011
  9. Jonathan NiederFeb 16, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2011
  11. Jonathan NiederFeb 17, 2011
  12. 2/2 Teach commit about CHERRY_PICK_HEADJay Soffian, Feb 16, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2011
  14. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2011
  15. 5/2 bash: teach __git_ps1 about CHERRY_PICK_HEADJonathan Nieder, Feb 16, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2011
  17. Jonathan NiederFeb 16, 2011
  18. Jay SoffianFeb 17, 2011

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