On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:48:41AM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 07:16:50PM -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > > Ahem... Use of git-cherry-pick preserves commit information just fine. > > > > Not by default, at least (note they said "commiters", not "authors"): > > That's why you give it -r.
What version of git have you tried this with? At least on my version, -r is a no-op, and the results are the same; the author is still kept and the maintainer changed. I thought it had been that way for ages. --b. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/local/linux-2.6$ git --version git version 1.5.4.rc2.60.gb2e62 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/local/linux-2.6$ git cherry-pick -r v2.6.25-rc1 Finished one cherry-pick. Created commit 0277143: Linux 2.6.25-rc1 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/local/linux-2.6$ git cat-file -p HEAD tree 4018d5d93f857d946dd89acbb4e45c9da04eadaf parent b6ce068a1285a24185b01be8a49021827516b3e1 author Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1202681894 -0800 committer J. Bruce Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1202863894 -0500 Linux 2.6.25-rc1 .. and I really need to call it something else. Maybe it is time to bring back the weasel series, since weasels always make me feel good about a kernel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/