# git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date with -i/-p 2 messages from 2012-05-09 to 2012-05-10. Participants: Philippe Vaucher. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30483 ## Philippe Vaucher, 2012-05-09 12:36 Subject: git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date with -i/-p Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGK7Mr7S42r_Xx0qygRCp%2BEujuuBF1MT1Y0vqCY%2B%3DEBT5%2B%2BUrw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, Why doesn't git rebase support --committer-date-is-author-date with the -i or -p flag? The only workaround I found so far was to rebase anyway then use `git filter-branch` to set GIT_COMMITER_DATE to GIT_AUTHOR_DATE for all commits, but this is far from optimal as it completely loses the original GIT_COMMITER_DATE. The use case for this is heavy history rewriting for very ancient commits, squashing a range of old commits togethers. The commit date being modified leads to trouble with tools that rely on it. Is there a better workaround? Thanks, Philippe ``` ## Philippe Vaucher, 2012-05-10 11:33 Subject: Re: git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date with -i/-p Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGK7Mr4sJGjPn-6QjM2Mmev-JxnSYfNAtTVofLrandMeyaUc3w%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` I see that it's probably possible to make it work by changing `do_with_author` in git-rebase--interactive.sh, if I manage to add the option to it and pass it from git-rebase.sh would people be interested in this feature? Philippe ```