From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Dan Savilonis <djs@n-cube.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git format-patch from date never set
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:31:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <81b0412b0907251531u7566813fr10bdd70187e9aca6@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <325c62f60907251439n6f3f661dhf0e76a74ce1eaec8@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 23:39, Dan Savilonis<djs@n-cube.org> wrote:
> git format-patch always sets the date in the From: line to the git
> default date, e.g.
>
> From b9ff0ba6f3e228e1a8b67a25bc7be6b1da5ed1f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>
> The command uses GIT_COMMITTER_DATE as the date, but this env variable
> is never set in cmd_format_patch(). Is this a bug or 'feature'?
Neither. This is not a date, but a part of "loosely defined" mbox format.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-25 22:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-25 21:39 git format-patch from date never set Dan Savilonis
2009-07-25 22:31 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
2009-07-25 22:49 ` Dan Savilonis
2009-07-25 23:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-07-26 0:06 ` Dan Savilonis
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