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Re: [PATCH 2/3] git-am.txt: Use date instead of time or timestamp

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 4, 2009, 07:23 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 11:46:57PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
>> index 715531b..c141261 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
>> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ default.   You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
>>  	By default the command records the date from the e-mail
>>  	message as the commit author date, and uses the time of
>>  	commit creation as the committer date. This allows the
>> -	user to lie about author timestamp by using the same
>> +	user to lie about the author date by using the same
>>  	timestamp as the committer date.
>
> But you leave the "timestamp" in the next context line?
>
> The other two patches in the series look fine to me, though.

Likewise. Perhaps "using the same value as the committer date" sounds better?

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Message 6 of 8 in “git-am documentation”
  1. 0/3 git-am documentationStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  2. 1/3 git-am.txt: add an 'a', say what 'it' is, simplify a sentenceStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  3. 2/3 git-am.txt: Use date instead of time or timestampStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  4. 3/3 git-am.txt: reword extra headers in message bodyStephen Boyd, May 4, 2009
  5. Jeff KingMay 4, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2009
  7. Jeff KingMay 4, 2009
  8. Michael J GruberMay 4, 2009

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