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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Don't require config file for "stg mail"

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CMCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 30, 2006, 08:32 UTC
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On 29/11/06, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 16:29 +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > Your patch uses the author of the patch which can be different from
> > the person sending the e-mail. It could indeed use the author from GIT
> > variables or configuration (not the patch author) and I already have a
> > patch from Karl Hasselström for this (which I haven't found the time
> > to check properly).
>
> The funny thing it, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL are only used
> in the code to determine the author of the patch.

Yes, but only for a newly created patch. If you import a patch from an mbox or e-mail or simply pass the --author option to "new", the author will be different.

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  3. Catalin MarinasNov 29, 2006
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