Re: [PATCH] reset cached ident date before creating objects

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Jul 29, 2016, 18:12 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+55aFy+DyHPcPeSeW1ssSqykkOLmgCeYWHQsxRieScTXxYb=A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160729180517.GA14953@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

>
> Linus suggested resetting the timestamp after making the commit, to
> clear the way for the next commit. But if we reset any cached value
> _before_ making the commit, this has a few advantages:

Looks fine to me. It should trivially fix the git-am issue, and I can't see what it could break. Famous last words.

              Linus