You can amend the previous commit (as long as you havent pushed) with an author like "git --amend --author='...'"
On Saturday, January 5, 2013, Joe Stein wrote: > I am getting the no email after doing > > git am --signoff < xyz.patch > > so nothing gets in to commit to set the author :( > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:30 AM, Jay Kreps <jay.kr...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > I have but I don't really know why. This format worked for me: > > git commit --author='Bertrand Russell > > <bruss...@cambridge.edu<javascript:;> > >' > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Joe Stein <crypt...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > I started following this so far really helpful thanks!! > > > > > > Running into some issues reviewing someone's patch getting "Patch does > > not > > > have a valid e-mail address." googling to figure out what is wrong > > figure I > > > mention here if anyone bumped into this yet > > > > > > thnx > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for documenting this. Could you also add how to resolve > > conflicts > > > > during rebase? > > > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Jay Kreps > > > > <jay.kr...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't know about other people but I find git kind of confusing. I > > > > thought > > > > > it would be useful to try to document the normal workflow for > > different > > > > use > > > > > cases: > > > > > 1. Contributing a patch > > > > > 2. Reviewing and integrating a patch that is contributed > > > > > 3. Doing development as a committer > > > > > 4. Keeping a copy of your local work on github (since it doesn't > seem > > > > > Apache has a place to keep local backups of work in progress). > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Git+Workflow > > > > > > > > > > I would like to link this up from the contributor page to help > people > > > > > (including my future self). Objections? > > > > > > > > > > I am not a git expert, so any feedback to improve these recipes or > > bug > > > > > fixes (since I haven't tried everything) would be very much > > > appreciated. > > > > If > > > > > you are about to do one of the above things, try the recipe and see > > if > > > it > > > > > can be improved. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > -Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > /* > > > Joe Stein > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc > > > Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> > > > */ > > > > > > > > > -- > > /* > Joe Stein > http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc > Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> > */ > -- David Arthur
