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From: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Subject: Re: Force commit date
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:55:10 +0100
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Zabre, 29.01.2009:
> 
> I'm wondering : maybe the trick is outside git? Maybe is it possible to
> specify a "forced date" at which an action (a "git commit" in this case) is
> done.
> Some command that would wrap around the git commit command and tell the
> system "apply this, but do it as if now was 2008-08-23 06:15:34".

man git-commit-tree
-> GIT_COMMITTER_DATE

Though only in the git-commit-tree docs, it also works with git-commit.
Maybe it should be added there, too.

Markus