linux-kernel - Re: Clarification for the use of additional fields in the message body

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 2015 13:53:58 +0200
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Frans Klaver <fransklaver@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Chris Park <chris.park@...el.com>,
	Dean Lee <dean.lee@...el.com>,
	Johnny Kim <johnny.kim@...el.com>,
	Rachel Kim <rachel.kim@...el.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Clarification for the use of additional fields in the message
 body

> I think that as far as these kernel mailing lists are concerned,
> the date of the update suggestion is the date on which you submitted the patch,
> rather than the date you originally committed it to your local tree.

I imagine that there are committers who would like to keep
corresponding software development history a bit more accurate.


> If you wish to keep track of this evolution for yourself, or
> wish to share it, you're better off stashing it somewhere in a
> (public) git repo that you control.

Would it be nicer to preserve such data directly also
by the usual mail interface?


> If you insist on placing the date somewhere, you can also put the date
> there if you wish. It'll be ignored by git when applied.

This content management tool provides the capability to store
the discussed information by the parameters "--author=" and "--date=",
doesn't it?
Is the environment variable "GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" also interesting occasionally?

How often do you take extra care for passing appropriate data there?

Regards,
Markus
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