Quoting Junio C Hamano [off-list ref]:
Subject: Re: [PATCH] have merge put FETCH_HEAD data in commit message
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*Maybe* git can be even smarter, and notice that only
commit message has changed, and preserve the author automatically
in this case? I haven't looked at how hard that would be to do.
Maybe you can try what you complain about out before you rant?
I amend other people's commit messages after the fact almost
*every* *day*.
Right. Sorry.
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