On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 2:32 AM Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Setting GIT_AUTHOR_* when committing with --amend will only change the > author if we also pass --reset-author > > Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh b/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh > index e26762d0b29..6365c5af2f7 100755 > --- a/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh > +++ b/t/t3403-rebase-skip.sh > @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ test_expect_success setup ' > test_tick && > GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Another Author" \ > GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="another.author@xxxxxxxxxxx" \ > - git commit --amend --no-edit -m amended-goodbye && > + git commit --amend --no-edit -m amended-goodbye \ > + --reset-author && Makes sense...but doesn't the fact that this test worked either way suggest that the specifying of a special author name/email was totally superfluous and could just be removed? If there really was a reason for specifying a different name/email, then is the test faulty for not checking for it somewhere?