commit: suggest --amend --reset-author to fix commiter identity
Since the message advises to fix the configuration first, the advantage of using this command is that it is cut-and-paste ready, while using --author='...' requires the user to type his name and email again. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Matthieu Moy committed
Jan 12, 2011 at 19:29 UTC
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@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] =
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" git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
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" git config --global user.email you@example.com\n"
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"\n"
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-"If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with:\n"
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+"After doing this, you may fix the identity used for this commit with:\n"
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"\n"
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-" git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n";
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+" git commit --amend --reset-author\n";
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static const char empty_amend_advice[] =
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"You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n"