Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] rebase: add --reset-author-date

> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> From: Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>
>>
>> The previous commit introduced --ignore-date flag to rebase -i, but the
>> name is rather vague as it does not say whether the author date or the
>> committer date is ignored. Add an alias to convey the precise purpose.
>>
>> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> 
> Hmph, did I?

> 
>> +		OPT_BOOL(0, "reset-author-date", &options.ignore_date,
>> +			 N_("ignore author date and use current date")),
>> +		OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "ignore-date", &options.ignore_date,
>> +				N_("synonym of --reset-author-date")),
> 
> It is merely hidden but still supported.
> 
>> diff --git a/t/t3436-rebase-more-options.sh b/t/t3436-rebase-more-options.sh
>> index 0ede2b8900..5b8963272a 100755
>> --- a/t/t3436-rebase-more-options.sh
>> +++ b/t/t3436-rebase-more-options.sh
>> @@ -117,53 +117,61 @@ test_ctime_is_ignored () {
>>  	! grep -v +0000 authortime
>>  }
>>  
>> -test_expect_success '--ignore-date works with apply backend' '
>> +test_expect_success '--reset-author-date works with apply backend' '
>>  	git commit --amend --date="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" &&
>> -	git rebase --apply --ignore-date HEAD^ &&
>> +	git rebase --apply --reset-author-date HEAD^ &&
>>  	test_ctime_is_ignored -1
>>  '
> 
> Are there still some tests that check "--ignore-date"?  We probably
> should have them, if we are not removing the support.