Subject: Re: [PATCH] Keep committer and committer dates

From: Johannes Sixt <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:10:50 +0200

Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Stephan Beyer wrote:
> 
>>> - as has been pointed out several times now, you _are_ the committer, 
>>>   and you seem to want to lie there.
>> Lying is already possible with GIT_COMMITTER_{NAME,EMAIL,NAME} 
>> environment variables.
> 
> Of course it is possible!  I even pointed to a method!
> 
> The _point_ was that we do not want to recommend it.  And giving prominent 
> support for it, such as introducing a command line parameter, _would_ 
> have the effect of recommending it.

Furthermore, if you mess with committer dates, you can screw up revision
walking to some degree. committer dates aren't merely informational.

-- Hannes