Hi,
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "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.
So how about this:
-- snipsnap --
[PATCH] pretty=email: use current date for "From <sha1>" lines
To keep MUAs happy, we have to provide a date in mbox files. These
dates are supposed to mark the date of arrival, so take "now"
instead of some made-up date.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>
---
log-tree.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index ac86194..b6e1ad2 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, const char *sep)
else
subject = "Subject: ";
- printf("From %s Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n", sha1);
+ printf("From %s %s\n", sha1, show_date(time(NULL), 0, 0));
if (opt->message_id)
printf("Message-Id: <%s>\n", opt->message_id);
if (opt->ref_message_id)
-
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