Re: Doc/Doc/help (was: modify functions hierarchy (was: Install run-help and *.zwc files system wide in build system))

[Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:45:20 -0800
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Nov 18,  4:36pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Doc/Doc/help (was: modify functions hierarchy (was: Install r
> }
> } > } > Author: Martin Vaeth <vaeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> } > } > Date:   Tue Nov 12 17:41:40 2013 +0000
> } 
> } --author is a standard option.  To be consistent I also use --date with
> } the date from the email, though that's arguable (particular since
> } I don't bother for my own commits).
> 
> Aha.  I don't think this has been consistently done (I know I haven't
> been doing it when I commit on behalf of someone else).
> 
> Furthermore it confused me into believing that Martin had been given
> permission to do his own commits.  Is there a way to show the person
> who actually changed the repository as well as / instead of the
> asserted "author"?

git log --format=full shows stuff like


commit d3630bcd0c0a9314ff3f1201fc82449ee10be4cb
Author: Martin Vaeth <vaeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Commit: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

    31959: missed files


Anything mentioning <committer> in the git-log man page will give you
that level of detail, or you can make your own versions of the
formats.

pws