Re: git svn --add-author-from implies --use-log-author

[Fredrik Skolmli <fredrik@frsk.net>]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 04:12:37PM -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote:

> They are separate options; --add-author-from affects dcommit (but not
> fetch or clone), while --use-log-author affects fetch and clone (but
> not dcommit).  They do different things, and I can imagine wanting one
> and not the other, so having one imply the other isn't very safe.

No, I agree implying it isn't safe. The need for implying --use-log-author
when doing --add-author-from might just be me being to lazy to remember both
flags. :-)

> You can set config options for these, however:
> 
> git config svn.addAuthorFrom true
> git config svn.useLogAuthor true
> 
> (I actually use "git config --global" to set these on my system so
> they apply to all my git-svn repositories.)

Hm, I did not know about these config options. Are they documented somewhere?

- F

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Regards,
Fredrik Skolmli