Re: [PATCH v10 1/2] doc: git-format-patch: describe the option --always

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 23, 2021, 12:30 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2111231330000.63@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <683ecd80.13.17d4a65cf94.Coremail.pwxu@coremail.cn>

Hi Aleen,

On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, Aleen 徐沛文 wrote:

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> > Hi Aleen,
> >
> > On Mon, 22 Nov 2021, Aleen via GitGitGadget wrote:
> >
> > > From: Aleen <aleen42@vip.qq.com>
> >
> > FWIW this information comes from your commit, specifically from the
> > author information recorded when you committed first. To re-set it in
> > these two patches, run something like this:
> >
> > 	git config --global user.name "徐沛文 (Aleen)"
> > 	git rebase -x "git commit --amend --no-edit --reset-author" HEAD~2
> >
> > and then force-push to your branch.
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Dscho
>
> The main problem is that it broke when I tried to submit via GGG:
> https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1076#issuecomment-976087421

Whoops. It seems that the `From:` header cannot be parsed by GitGitGadget. Most likely because the `<` and `>` of the email address are on the next line, not the same line as the `From:`.

I had a quick look and opened https://github.com/gitgitgadget/gitgitgadget/pull/777 to fix this.

Ciao, Dscho