[PATCH] commit: suggest --amend --reset-author to fix commiter identity

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The advantage of this command is that it is cut-and-paste ready, while
using --author='...' requires the user to type his name and email a
second time.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
 builtin/commit.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 22ba54f..440223c 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] =
 "\n"
 "If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with:\n"
 "\n"
-"    git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@xxxxxxxxxxx>'\n";
+"    git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@xxxxxxxxxxx>'\n"
+"\n"
+"or\n"
+"\n"
+"    git commit --amend --reset-author\n";
 
 static const char empty_amend_advice[] =
 "You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n"
-- 
1.7.4.rc0.1.g6944b.dirty

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