commit: suggest --amend --reset-author to fix commiter identity

Since the message advises to fix the configuration first, the
advantage of using this command is that it is cut-and-paste ready,
while using --author='...' requires the user to type his name and
email again.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Matthieu Moy 2011-01-12 19:29:14 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 54f4cd9e8c
commit 3f14246899

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@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ static const char implicit_ident_advice[] =
" git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
" git config --global user.email you@example.com\n"
"\n"
"If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with:\n"
"After doing this, you may fix the identity used for this commit with:\n"
"\n"
" git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n";
" git commit --amend --reset-author\n";
static const char empty_amend_advice[] =
"You asked to amend the most recent commit, but doing so would make\n"