From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:41:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-send-email: do not pass custom Date: header
Message-ID: <ehhv6g$4js$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <11615895973387-git-send-email-normalperson@yhbt.net>

Eric Wong wrote:

> 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.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git