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Re: Q about the date format in "git commit --date=..." and such

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Mar 8, 2011, 18:51 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> Why would you be resetting the date but _not_ taking ownership? Maybe
> a reasonable situation for that exists, but I couldn't think of one.

If you are already the author it's not so obvious that you have to reset authorship in order to reset the date. Also, if you are the author, but under a different email you may not want to change that.

Andreas.
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  1. Dirk SüsserottMar 6, 2011
  2. Jeff KingMar 7, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2011
  4. Jeff KingMar 8, 2011
  5. Andreas SchwabMar 8, 2011
  6. Dirk SüsserottMar 8, 2011

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