Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Stephan Beyer wrote:
>
>>> - as has been pointed out several times now, you _are_ the committer,
>>> and you seem to want to lie there.
>> Lying is already possible with GIT_COMMITTER_{NAME,EMAIL,NAME}
>> environment variables.
>
> Of course it is possible! I even pointed to a method!
>
> The _point_ was that we do not want to recommend it. And giving prominent
> support for it, such as introducing a command line parameter, _would_
> have the effect of recommending it.
Furthermore, if you mess with committer dates, you can screw up revision
walking to some degree. committer dates aren't merely informational.
-- Hannes
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