Re: On automated commits
Paul Koning <[email protected]>
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> On Jun 26, 2024, at 9:32 PM, Alan Modra <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 11:17:04AM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote: >>> I personally have never liked these automated commits, and I can't >>> recall ever using the date they provide. >>> >>> I also don't believe these dates are used here at AdaCore. >>> >>> So +1 from me for removing these. >> >> Same here. >> >> I know that some people found them useful, but I don't remember why >> unfortunately. > > The date is useful when looking at bug reports from people who might > be building from development sources. So why not have the build procedure pick up the last commit date, if building in a Git sandbox? That's easy enough to arrange. Similarly, it could pick up the identifier (SHA hash) of that last commit to make it entirely unambiguous. paul