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Re: [PATCH] git-send-email: do not pass custom Date: header

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 23, 2006, 08:41 UTC
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Eric Wong wrote:
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> We already generate a Date: header based on when the patch was
> emailed.  git-format-patch includes the Date: header of the
> patch.  Having two Date: headers is just confusing, so we
> just use the current Date:
> 
> Often the mailed patches in a patch series are created over a
> series of several hours or days, so the Date: header from the
> original commit is incorrect for email, and often far off enough
> for spam filters to complain.

But that makes us lose original commit date. And git format-patch is if I remember correctly together with git-am used in git-rebase.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  3. Eric WongOct 23, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2006

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