Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> --ignore-date:: >> + Instead of using the given author date, reset it to the >> + current time. This implies --force-rebase. > > The first sentence is unclear and puzzles me with "for what?". IOW, > you are saying that by default the command uses the given (I presume > that you meant what is recorded in the original commits being > rebased---but we should find a way to explain it more clearly) > author date, but with this option what is used is reset to the > current time. It is left unspecified what the command is using that > time for. > > Perhaps (I am writing this paragraph after writing the rest of the > message, i.e. after reading the patch through): Oops, too much re-editing without final proofreading. Sorry. > By default, the author date recorded in the commit being > rebased as the author date is used as the author date of the > rebased commits. The option tells Git to use the current > timestamp as the author date of the rebased commits instead. > This implies `--force-rebase`. By default, the author date of the original commit is used as the author date for the resulting commit. This option tells Git to use the current timestamp instead and implies `--force-rebase`. would be much less redundant without losing clarity.
