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[PATCH 1/6] builtin-commit: fix author date with --amend --author=<author>

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 11, 2007, 17:35 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711111735100.4362@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711111730580.4362@racer.site>

When amending a commit with a new author, the author date is taken from the original commit.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin-commit.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index a84a729..6be6def 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	} else if (amend) {
 		struct commit_list *c;
 		struct commit *commit;
+		const char *author;
 
 		reflog_msg = "commit (amend)";
 		commit = lookup_commit(head_sha1);
@@ -536,6 +537,21 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		for (c = commit->parents; c; c = c->next)
 			strbuf_addf(&sb, "parent %s\n",
 				      sha1_to_hex(c->item->object.sha1));
+
+		/* determine author date */
+		author = strstr(commit->buffer, "\nauthor");
+		if (author && !memmem(commit->buffer,
+					author + 1 - commit->buffer,
+					"\n\n", 2)) {
+			const char *email_end = strchr(author + 1, '>');
+			const char *line_end = strchr(author + 1, '\n');
+			if (email_end && line_end && email_end < line_end) {
+				char *date = xstrndup(email_end + 1,
+					line_end - email_end - 1);
+				setenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE", date, 1);
+				free(date);
+			}
+		}
 	} else if (in_merge) {
 		struct strbuf m;
 		FILE *fp;
-- 
1.5.3.5.1693.g26ed
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  1. 0/6 Various (replacement) patches to builtin-commitJohannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  2. 1/6 builtin-commit: fix author date with --amend --author=<author>Johannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  3. Kristian HøgsbergNov 12, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 12, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2007
  6. 2/6 git status: show relative paths when run in a subdirectoryJohannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  7. 3/6 builtin-commit: fix --signoffJohannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  8. 4/6 builtin-commit --s: add a newline if the last line was no S-O-BJohannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  9. 5/6 builtin-commit: resurrect behavior for multiple -m optionsJohannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  10. Pierre HabouzitNov 11, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2007
  12. Pierre HabouzitNov 11, 2007
  13. Pierre HabouzitNov 11, 2007
  14. 6/6 builtin-commit: Add newline when showing which commit was createdJohannes Schindelin, Nov 11, 2007
  15. Jeff KingDec 1, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinDec 1, 2007
  17. Jeff KingDec 2, 2007
  18. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2007
  19. Jeff KingDec 2, 2007
  20. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  22. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  24. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007

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