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| author | Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2011-01-12 21:29:14 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-01-12 23:43:58 +0300 |
| commit | 3f142468997f9d14d8051a96b2e9db265d41ac0d (patch) | |
| tree | c925020fcedecabcde10a0a97dafd742ce8b79c7 /builtin | |
| parent | 54f4cd9e8c7992f70d16efac3c6fc0a18ac0b156 (diff) | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/commit.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c index 3bcb4b7ec0..6e2f12accc 100644 --- a/builtin/commit.c +++ b/builtin/commit.c @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] = " git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n" " git config --global user.email you@example.com\n" "\n" -"If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with:\n" +"After doing this, you may fix the identity used for this commit with:\n" "\n" -" git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n"; +" git commit --amend --reset-author\n"; static const char empty_amend_advice[] = "You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n" |