Re: how to force a commit date matching info from a mbox ?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 24, 2009, 00:34 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901240133510.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090123222906.GC11328@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Hi,

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:39:27AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > > --->8---
> > > Subject: [PATCH] git-am: Add --ignore-date option
> > 
> > Good.
> > 
> > Leaving "Subject: " in saves me typing, because I do not have to insert it
> > manually when editing the submitted patch in my MUA to chop off everything
> > before the scissors.
> 
> Interesting to know. I have intentionally _not_ been including them,
> because I assumed you marked up _after_ git-am (i.e., via "git commit
> --amend) in which case you would have to delete it manually. I suppose
> it makes more sense to do so before git-am, though, since then it will
> respect From: fields and the like (which it would otherwise ignore,
> since they are blocked by all of the cover letter cruft that you will
> end up deleting).
> 
> So good to know, and I will start generating my patches differently.

Note that your patches will not be found using Pasky's "mail" link in gitweb, if you do not put the commit subject into the _real_ mail subject.

Dunno if I like that.

Ciao, Dscho