Re: Diffs "from" working directory

[Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>]

On 21/11/05, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> 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?

Yes.

> 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.

Thanks for the suggestion. It is indeed a good idea to parse the
commit log and override the information from the headers.

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Catalin