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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>,
	git list <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Christian MICHON <christian.michon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: how to force a commit date matching info from a mbox ?
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:52:25 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090124005225.GA9864@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901240133510.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 01:34:41AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> > So good to know, and I will start generating my patches differently.
> 
> Note that your patches will not be found using Pasky's "mail" link in 
> gitweb, if you do not put the commit subject into the _real_ mail subject.
> 
> Dunno if I like that.

I think that is not a new problem. Quite a few patches are "how about
this" patches in the middle of a thread, and leave the old subject.
IMHO, that is a failing of the tool in not tracking common practice, not
the other way around.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-24  0:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-22 22:41 how to force a commit date matching info from a mbox ? Christian MICHON
2009-01-23  0:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-23  8:08   ` Christian MICHON
2009-01-23  8:51     ` Christian MICHON
2009-01-23  0:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-23  8:07   ` Christian MICHON
2009-01-23  0:45 ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-01-23  7:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-23  8:26   ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-01-23  9:39     ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-23 22:29       ` Jeff King
2009-01-24  0:34         ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-24  0:52           ` Jeff King [this message]
2009-01-24  1:43             ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-24  2:35               ` Jeff King
2009-01-23  9:52     ` Nanako Shiraishi
2009-01-23 17:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-23 12:38     ` [PATCH] git-am: Add --ignore-date option Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-23 13:17       ` Adeodato Simó

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