From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:12:16 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] reset cached ident date before creating objects Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20160729180517.GA14953@sigill.intra.peff.net> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Jeff King 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