From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:43:47 GMT
Subject: Re: how to force a commit date matching info from a mbox ?
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901240242270.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090124005225.GA9864@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi,

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Jeff King wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 01:34:41AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> I think that is not a new problem. Quite a few patches are "how about
> this" patches in the middle of a thread, and leave the old subject.
> IMHO, that is a failing of the tool in not tracking common practice, not
> the other way around.

You know exactly what "fixing the tool" would mean.

Ciao,
Dscho