From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:16:46 GMT
Subject: Re: Script to backdate tags
Message-ID: <7vps00ivgh.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <871wcglqrg.fsf@hariken.mwolson.org>

Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes:

> Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> This may run into issues if someone uses the "\" character in their
>> tag names, [snip].
>
> In fact, this isn't the case after all.

Wouldn't it be easier to create the tag with the desired
timestamp from the beginning, by exporting GIT_COMMITTER_DATE?