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git-gui resets author on amend

Subject: git-gui resets author on amend

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Orgad Shaneh· Mar 12, 2014, 06:28 UTC · lore

Hi,

Amending a commit using git gui resets its author, unlike plain "git commit --amend".

- Orgad

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