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Re: git send-email sets date

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 30, 2018, 20:41 UTC
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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
> If there is a From: header in the beginning of the mail body, it is
> used as the Author instead of the From: header in the mail header.  It
> would make sense if there is a Date: header in the beginning of the
> mail body, it should be used instead of Date: field in the mail header.

Just like From:, Date: and Subject: are in-body headers that are accepted by deployed versions of "git am" (actually, "mailinfo").

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  1. Michal SuchánekJan 26, 2018
  2. brian m. carlsonJan 28, 2018
  3. Philip OakleyJan 28, 2018
  4. Theodore Ts'oJan 28, 2018
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2018
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 28, 2018
  7. Eric WongJan 29, 2018
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2018

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