SubmittingPatches: explain rationale for using --notes with format-patch

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 77bc882e59c887e948a1fba4d99805f5dedfa7f7..5ff1aadaaaa999df3bfecb07f84f259469b3a54d 100644 (file)
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 static struct strbuf git_default_name = STRBUF_INIT;
 static struct strbuf git_default_email = STRBUF_INIT;
-static char git_default_date[50];
+static struct strbuf git_default_date = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 #define IDENT_NAME_GIVEN 01
 #define IDENT_MAIL_GIVEN 02
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ const char *ident_default_email(void)
 
 static const char *ident_default_date(void)
 {
-       if (!git_default_date[0])
-               datestamp(git_default_date, sizeof(git_default_date));
-       return git_default_date;
+       if (!git_default_date.len)
+               datestamp(&git_default_date);
+       return git_default_date.buf;
 }
 
 static int crud(unsigned char c)
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
                      const char *date_str, int flag)
 {
        static struct strbuf ident = STRBUF_INIT;
-       char date[50];
        int strict = (flag & IDENT_STRICT);
        int want_date = !(flag & IDENT_NO_DATE);
        int want_name = !(flag & IDENT_NO_NAME);
@@ -320,15 +319,6 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
                die("unable to auto-detect email address (got '%s')", email);
        }
 
-       if (want_date) {
-               if (date_str && date_str[0]) {
-                       if (parse_date(date_str, date, sizeof(date)) < 0)
-                               die("invalid date format: %s", date_str);
-               }
-               else
-                       strcpy(date, ident_default_date());
-       }
-
        strbuf_reset(&ident);
        if (want_name) {
                strbuf_addstr_without_crud(&ident, name);
@@ -339,8 +329,14 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
                        strbuf_addch(&ident, '>');
        if (want_date) {
                strbuf_addch(&ident, ' ');
-               strbuf_addstr_without_crud(&ident, date);
+               if (date_str && date_str[0]) {
+                       if (parse_date(date_str, &ident) < 0)
+                               die("invalid date format: %s", date_str);
+               }
+               else
+                       strbuf_addstr(&ident, ident_default_date());
        }
+
        return ident.buf;
 }