From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nanako Shiraishi Subject: Re: edit Author/Date metadata as part of 'git commit' $EDITOR invocation? Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:38:06 +0900 Message-ID: <20100106073806.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Adam Megacz X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 05 23:38:20 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NSI2e-0004Ey-0x for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:38:20 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754699Ab0AEWiN (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:38:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754406Ab0AEWiM (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:38:12 -0500 Received: from karen.lavabit.com ([72.249.41.33]:50418 "EHLO karen.lavabit.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754477Ab0AEWiJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:38:09 -0500 Received: from e.earth.lavabit.com (e.earth.lavabit.com [192.168.111.14]) by karen.lavabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B7A915F50E; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:38:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from 6529.lavabit.com (212.62.97.23) by lavabit.com with ESMTP id ODV4P3RRB5HD; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:38:09 -0600 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lavabit; d=lavabit.com; b=pm7fVI69J77jKLLyKznKxVpZm18Lokb4PkDc8ZB1KWrKekvL95FubUWTGBPXS1mnhq37gjcq0OWKGK257JgdWhV9eSNKhWgfrR1R6ZWFFhpp2MTqmZ8BGTZdxu7pjrlvURzXRVrf+npZNmy37Fn8bwXYYqFgot09skJB6KGcSQI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:X-Draft-From:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:Message-Id; X-Draft-From: ("nntp+news.gmane.org:gmane.comp.version-control.git" 136143) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Quoting Adam Megacz > Perhaps a preference (off by default) demanding that they be set > explicitly when "git commit -m" is used? Sverre pointed out why this won't work. > Some people care more than others about the metadata; this is for the > folks to whom it matters a lot. So the only workable solution is to check your commits with "git show -s" until you become confident that you configured your new box correctly. Some people unfortunately don't care enough to do so, but it is for the people to whom it matters. -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/