Re: edit Author/Date metadata as part of 'git commit' $EDITOR invocation?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 8, 2010, 16:02 UTC
Message-ID: <7vskagh9fg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <xuu28wc9xd42.fsf@nowhere.com>

Adam Megacz <adam@megacz.com> writes:

> I propose instead that "git commit -e" cause the metadata headers to be
> provided to $EDITOR.  People who care about the metadata can simply get
> in the habit of always passing that option when invoking "git commit".

That is already done by bb1ae3f (commit: Show committer if automatic, 2008-05-04), so there is no need to propose anything.

I see a bit of room for tightening logic in that ancient commit, though.

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