static char *edit_message, *use_message;
static char *author_name, *author_email, *author_date;
static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
-static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run;
+static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship;
static char *untracked_files_arg;
/*
* The default commit message cleanup mode will remove the lines
OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read log from file"),
OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "AUTHOR", "override author for commit"),
OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "MESSAGE", "specify commit message", opt_parse_m),
- OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit "),
+ OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "COMMIT", "reuse message from specified commit"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reset-author", &renew_authorship, "the commit is authored by me now (used with -C-c/--amend)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, "use specified template file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &edit_flag, "force edit of commit"),
email = getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL");
date = getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE");
- if (use_message) {
+ if (use_message && !renew_authorship) {
const char *a, *lb, *rb, *eol;
a = strstr(use_message_buffer, "\nauthor ");
if (force_author && !strchr(force_author, '>'))
force_author = find_author_by_nickname(force_author);
+ if (force_author && renew_authorship)
+ die("Using both --reset-author and --author does not make sense");
+
if (logfile || message.len || use_message)
use_editor = 0;
if (edit_flag)
use_message = edit_message;
if (amend && !use_message)
use_message = "HEAD";
+ if (!use_message && renew_authorship)
+ die("--reset-author can be used only with -C, -c or --amend.");
if (use_message) {
unsigned char sha1[20];
static char utf8[] = "UTF-8";