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Re: git rebase -i without altering the committer date

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Apr 20, 2016, 21:47 UTC
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Shaun Jackman <sjackman@gmail.com> writes:
> I'd like to insert a commit between two commits without changing the committer date or author date of that commit or the subsequent commits. I'd planned on using `git rebase -i` to insert the commit. I believe it retains the author date, but changes the committer date to the current time. I've seen the options `--committer-date-is-author-date` and `--ignore-date`, but I don't believe either of those options does what I want. If no such option currently exists to leave the committer and author date unchanged, is there any chance that this functionality could please be implemented?

The easiest way to implement that is to add a graft to redirect the parent of the second commit to the inserted commit, then use git filter-branch to make the graft permanent.

Andreas.
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  1. Shaun JackmanApr 20, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2016
  3. Shaun JackmanApr 20, 2016
  4. Andreas SchwabApr 20, 2016
  5. Johannes SixtApr 21, 2016
  6. Johannes SchindelinApr 21, 2016

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