From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIM_INVALID, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE1231F404 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:23:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751960AbeA1WMq (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:12:46 -0500 Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:36690 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751867AbeA1WMp (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:12:45 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=thunk.org; s=ef5046eb; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=jj8n1MtVY7PND78QfeWX85X1qvvWOmu0FGJII/J845U=; b=Ing0rKKsHwRSg0UqLsZWxx/Qji LsbtnB28yNLO2gflmO5NjiLXr6ib/xVgp9y0d9G8dwfazdHj9mVv3x2Q7NlDT9E8JcLdDmBCRTBzm 9pC4Ll4+9yCnhvI23jOw2yUslmSCn7E4ywiXg08ojcD+JocKI7rgOxEDsSrAU29ugG1w=; Received: from root (helo=callcc.thunk.org) by imap.thunk.org with local-esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1efvBm-0006gH-2V; Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:12:38 +0000 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id 7D3D57A36E4; Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:12:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:12:31 -0500 From: Theodore Ts'o To: Philip Oakley Cc: 'Michal =?iso-8859-1?Q?Such=E1nek'?= , git@vger.kernel.org, "'brian m. carlson'" Subject: Re: git send-email sets date Message-ID: <20180128221231.GB13621@thunk.org> References: <20180126183230.0ae0c76b@kitsune.suse.cz> <20180128151536.GE431130@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> <001601d39850$a0a48ae0$e1eda0a0$@iee.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001601d39850$a0a48ae0$e1eda0a0$@iee.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.2 (2017-12-15) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tytso@thunk.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on imap.thunk.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 03:56:57PM -0000, Philip Oakley wrote: > Michal, you may want to hack up an option that can automatically create > that format if it is of use. I sometimes find the sort order an issue in > some of my mail clients. If there is a From: header in the beginning of the mail body, it is used as the Author instead of the From: header in the mail header. It would make sense if there is a Date: header in the beginning of the mail body, it should be used instead of Date: field in the mail header. The problem is that if existing git clients don't support this, it wouldn't be safe to start emmiting patches with that format for at least a year or two until the prerequisite version of git gets wide adoption. Alternatively, there could be a git option which causes something like X-Git-Author-Date: to be set in the mail header. - Ted