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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>
Cc: Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de, git@vger.kernel.org,
	martin.agren@gmail.com, newren@gmail.com, t.gummerer@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [GSoC][PATCH v2 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:51:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c03439bf-54bf-b53d-9400-bdc4dd2a1309@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqblws7n8r.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On 13/08/2019 22:45, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>   --ignore-date::
>> -	This flag is passed to 'git am' to change the author date
>> -	of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]).
>> +	Instead of using the given author date, re-set it to the value
>> +	same as committer (current) date. This implies --force-rebase.
> 
> s/to the value same as .* date\./the current time./;
> 
> The more important thing is that we record the current timestamp as
> the author date; that timestamp being very close to the committer
> date of the resulting commit is a mere consequence of the fact that
> we use the current time for committer date and much less important.

That's an important distinction, particularly if GIT_COMMITTER_DATE is 
set in the environment - are we aiming to have the author and committer 
dates match or are we just resetting the author date to now? Rohit - do 
you know which --ignore-date does in the am based rebase?

Best Wishes

Phillip

> 
> Again, I think reset-author-date would be a better synonym to this
> one.
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2019-08-14 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-08-06 17:36 [GSoC][PATCHl 0/6] rebase -i: support more options Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-06 17:36 ` [GSoC][PATCHl 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flag Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-07  5:38   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-07 20:25     ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-08 16:44   ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-12 17:43     ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-06 17:36 ` [GSoC][PATCHl 2/6] sequencer: add NULL checks under read_author_script Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-06 17:36 ` [GSoC][PATCHl 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-08 11:29   ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-08 16:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-06 17:36 ` [GSoC][PATCHl 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_rename Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-08 11:30   ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-06 17:36 ` [GSoC][PATCHl 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-07 19:41   ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-07 20:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-07 20:33       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-08 11:42   ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-08 16:53     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-06 17:36 ` [GSoC][PATCHl 6/6] rebase: add --author-date-is-committer-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-08 11:42   ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-12 19:42 ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 0/6] rebase -i: support more options Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-12 19:42   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flag Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-13 12:07     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-12 19:42   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 2/6] sequencer: add NULL checks under read_author_script Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-12 19:42   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-13 10:38     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-13 12:09       ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-13 17:06       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-14 18:38         ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-13 13:35     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-12 19:42   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_rename Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-13 13:29     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-12 19:42   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-13 13:28     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-13 17:21       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-14 18:47         ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-13 21:45     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-14 18:51       ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2019-08-14 19:33         ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-17  9:28           ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-12 19:43   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 6/6] rebase: add --author-date-is-committer-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-13 17:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20  3:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] rebase -i: support more options Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [PATCH v3 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flag Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20 18:40     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-20 18:47       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [PATCH v3 2/6] sequencer: add NULL checks under read_author_script Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-23 15:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [PATCH v3 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20 13:32     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [PATCH v3 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_rename Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [PATCH v3 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20 13:45     ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-20 17:42     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20 18:30       ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [GSoC][PATCH v2 6/6] rebase: add --author-date-is-committer-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20  4:00     ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20  3:45   ` [PATCH v3 6/6] rebase: add --reset-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20  3:54   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] rebase -i: support more options Rohit Ashiwal
2019-08-20 13:56   ` Phillip Wood
2019-08-20 17:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20 18:37       ` Phillip Wood
2019-09-07 11:50 ` [PATCH v4 " Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-07 11:50   ` [PATCH v4 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flag Rohit Ashiwal
2019-10-04  9:29     ` Phillip Wood
2019-10-05 18:12       ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-06 17:57       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-07 11:50   ` [PATCH v4 2/6] sequencer: allow callers of read_author_script() to ignore fields Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-07 11:50   ` [PATCH v4 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-10-04  9:37     ` Phillip Wood
2019-10-06 17:57       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-10-24 13:28     ` Phillip Wood
2019-09-07 11:50   ` [PATCH v4 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_rename Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-07 11:50   ` [PATCH v4 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-07 20:56     ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-27 10:00     ` Phillip Wood
2019-10-06 17:57       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-10-24 20:36         ` Phillip Wood
2019-09-07 11:50   ` [PATCH v4 6/6] rebase: add --reset-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-09-09 18:02   ` [PATCH v4 0/6] rebase -i: support more options Junio C Hamano
2019-09-09 18:51     ` Phillip Wood
2019-09-09 19:24       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-01 13:59 ` [PATCH v5 " Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-01 13:59   ` [PATCH v5 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flag Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-01 13:59   ` [PATCH v5 2/6] sequencer: allow callers of read_author_script() to ignore fields Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-01 14:00   ` [PATCH v5 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-01 14:00   ` [PATCH v5 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_rename Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-01 14:00   ` [PATCH v5 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-02  7:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-02  7:48       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-01 14:00   ` [PATCH v5 6/6] rebase: add --reset-author-date Rohit Ashiwal
2019-11-02  7:34     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-21  6:14   ` [PATCH v5 0/6] rebase -i: support more options Junio C Hamano
2019-11-21  8:17     ` Alban Gruin
2019-11-22  6:32       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-28 11:14   ` Phillip Wood

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