Re: [GSoC][PATCH v2 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 13, 2019, 21:45 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqblws7n8r.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190812194301.5655-6-rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>

Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com> writes:

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>  --ignore-date::
> -	This flag is passed to 'git am' to change the author date
> -	of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]).
> +	Instead of using the given author date, re-set it to the value
> +	same as committer (current) date. This implies --force-rebase.

s/to the value same as .* date\./the current time./;

The more important thing is that we record the current timestamp as the author date; that timestamp being very close to the committer date of the resulting commit is a mere consequence of the fact that we use the current time for committer date and much less important.

Again, I think reset-author-date would be a better synonym to this one.