"johan defries" <johandefries@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > When I do > > #git-format-patch --stdout HEAD^|head -1 | grep --color "Mon Sep 17 > 00:00:00 2001" > > I really get a hit. "Sept 17 2001"?? It's strange, because the > repository is so much younger. That is just a fake random date to make the Unix-From line recognizable by common MUA and does not have anything to do with your commit objects. The real date is on Date: header. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html