Should git-apply or git-am come up with the same hash?

Question

I think I\'m missing something. I was under the impression that git\'s usage of a SHA-1 hash commit identifier meant that one could be certain that patch obtained from some

Answer 1

By default, git am sets the Committer Date to the current time. You can use the --committer-date-is-author-date flag to avoid that, though it may still set you as the committer (in fact, it probably will). You can verify this by using git log --format=fuller instead which shows the Committer information as well.