Re: [PATCH] builtin-commit: add --date option

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

Do you really want to set the date to something arbitrary, or do you
just want to set it to "now"? If the latter case, do you really just
want the recently discussed --reset-author?

Also, is there a good reason why GIT_AUTHOR_DATE is not respected in
this case?  If not, should we simply be fixing that bug instead?

I expect I won't be on the list for the rest of the day (I've started the
preparation to tag -rc1), but I have two-and-half points before this
discussion goes too far:

 - The "--reset-author" patch will be in 1.6.6 (it is already in 'master'
   yesterday, I think);

 - We should honor GIT_AUTHOR_DATE if --reset-author is given.

 - I _think_ we should ignore GIT_AUTHOR_DATE if --reset-author is not
   given, as --amend/-c/-C is stronger for being command line options than
   an environment variable.

So I do not think --date is something we urgently need, even though it
might be nice to have it to be consistent with --author.