From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git-commit: allow From: line to be entered in commit message
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:00:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060112190031.GH14196@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060112093700.1d3d25db.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:37:00AM -0500, sean wrote:
> Use the author name and email information given as the
> first line of the commit message in the form of:
>
> From: name <email>
>
> as the author's name and email address in the resulting
> commit object. This makes committing foreign patches
> a little less cumbersome to handle for some workflows.
If we do this, can we have it populated up front? That is, when
the edit opens, the current idea of author is in the comments as "From:"
so I can see what the author would be if I changed nothing. This would
catch surprises where I'd forgotten to set AUTHOR_*, etc.
Joel
--
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"Be romantic."
Joel Becker
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Oracle
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-12 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-12 14:37 git-commit: allow From: line to be entered in commit message sean
2006-01-12 14:37 ` sean
2006-01-12 15:21 ` sean
2006-01-12 15:21 ` sean
2006-01-12 20:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-12 21:53 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-12 22:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 2:43 ` sean
2006-01-13 2:43 ` sean
2006-01-13 2:32 ` sean
2006-01-13 2:32 ` sean
2006-01-13 4:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 4:06 ` sean
2006-01-13 4:06 ` sean
2006-01-13 4:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 4:51 ` sean
2006-01-13 4:51 ` sean
2006-01-13 11:11 ` Artem Khodush
2006-01-13 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 17:54 ` sean
2006-01-13 17:54 ` sean
2006-01-13 19:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 21:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-12 19:00 ` Joel Becker [this message]
2006-01-12 20:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 6:58 ` Joel Becker
2006-01-13 7:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 19:12 ` Joel Becker
2006-01-13 19:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 20:01 ` Joel Becker
2006-01-13 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 20:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 21:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-12 20:16 ` Alex Riesen
2006-01-13 2:46 ` sean
2006-01-13 2:46 ` sean
2006-01-13 3:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-13 3:58 ` sean
2006-01-13 3:58 ` sean
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