On 20 May 2023, at 20:20, Rick Macklem <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 12:09 PM Ed Maste <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. Do >> not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know >> the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to >> [email protected]. >> >> >> On Sat, 20 May 2023 at 14:41, Enji Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The branch main has been updated by ngie: >>> >>> URL: >>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c6750ddec9177b67bb4883717933e87ac24a3a44 >>> >>> commit c6750ddec9177b67bb4883717933e87ac24a3a44 >>> Author: Enji Cooper <[email protected]> >>> AuthorDate: 2023-05-13 02:38:18 +0000 >>> Commit: Enji Cooper <[email protected]> >>> CommitDate: 2023-05-20 18:41:24 +0000 >>> ... >>> Submitted by: Pierre Pronchery <[email protected]> >> >> With the transition to Git the `Submitted by:` header is deprecated -- >> the original Author metadata should be retained. (There may be >> occasional exceptions for old patches prepared before the Git >> transition, or where a change was submitted by some form other than a >> patch.) > Ok, this is news to me. > > What is the preferred alternative to "Submitted by:", assuming it does > not already have git junk on the patch?
Don't know what you mean by "does not already have git junk on the patch", but git commit --author="Charlie Root <root@localhost>". Jess
