I use this subject line for git topics I want to discuss, and I encourage others to do the same as they continue (along with me) to learn more about git.
As you are probably aware from my recent discussions with Pedro I recommend using git commit --amend if your changes continue for exactly the same topic, i.e., your commits would otherwise be a series of approximations to the final commit version (e.g., for dealing with a particular bug). Currently I am using the above git command a lot for my topic branch for a large update to our DocBook documentation. However, I noticed from "git log" results that the author date was stuck on November 30th, i.e., when I started making this series of amended commits, and instead I want the author date to correspond to when I finish this series of amended commits. (Which should happen "real soon now". :-) ) One google search later (using the search terms <git commit amend author date>) I found <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9110310/update-git-commit-author-date-when-amending> and tried one suggestion that looked promising there which was git commit --amend --reset-author Since the author is the same (me) nothing happens due to this command other than the desired side effect that the author date becomes current again. Anyhow, this suggestion worked like a charm! So I ended up resolving the issue in 5 minutes which is an illustration of the fact that there are huge numbers of expert git users out there willing to share their knowledge, and google is your friend for quickly finding this expert knowledge on any git topic. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
