builtin-commit: add --date option

diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh
index a603f6d21a61df197256ea91bfb38c1f4e45c5e8..a5297012410271f64398124da6e4c7dd8eec3154 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7501-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh
@@ -211,6 +211,21 @@ test_expect_success 'amend commit to fix author' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'amend commit to fix date' '
+
+       test_tick &&
+       newtick=$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE &&
+       git reset --hard &&
+       git cat-file -p HEAD |
+       sed -e "s/author.*/author $author $newtick/" \
+               -e "s/^\(committer.*> \).*$/\1$GIT_COMMITTER_DATE/" > \
+               expected &&
+       git commit --amend --date="$newtick" &&
+       git cat-file -p HEAD > current &&
+       test_cmp expected current
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'sign off (1)' '
 
        echo 1 >positive &&