Any way to prevent Evolve's `metaedit` from opening the message?
Faheem Mitha
faheem at faheem.info
Sat Apr 8 06:07:38 UTC 2023
Hi Marcos,
On Fri, 7 Apr 2023, Marcos Cruz wrote:
> Faheem Mitha escribió/skribis/wrote/scrit (2023-04-07T23:39:45+0530):
>
>> If you just want to change the user or date of the commit, there are
>> separate flags for that. Namely, -u, -U, -d, and -D.
>>
>> Have you not looked at the help? See below.
>
> Yes, I had read the help and tried all options.
>
>> -d --date DATE record the specified date as commit date
>> -u --user USER record the specified user as committer
>> -D --current-date record the current date as commit date
>> -U --current-user record the current user as committer
>
> All of them force the user to edit the commit message.
Oh. Yes, I see that metaedit with the these options (e.g. -D or -U) brings
up the editor as well. Sorry for the noise. One really should not write
these messages late at night.
Anyway, Anton Shestakov's method works for me. Does it work for you?
Regards, Faheem Mitha
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