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Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com> writes:

> My import command sets the author to the e-mail sender, which was you.
> Maybe this should be changed but I don't know which option is better.
> In the meantime, you can change the default e-mail template to set the
> From: line with to the author of the patch and maybe add a Reply-to:
> with your address.

... and Sender: perhaps?

The first lines in the commit log message sent over e-mail can
have "Subject: " (or "[PATCH] "), "From: ", and "Date: " to
override what is slurped from e-mail headers if you use mailinfo,
so that might be a better alternative to suggest.