Make a commit with another author

doc/source/tutorial.rst

@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ Access objects and add/remove entries. Commit the changes::
     # Access the entries directly
     index.add(['my_new_file'])      # add a new file to the index
     index.remove(['dir/existing_file'])
-    new_commit = index.commit("my commit message")
+    new_commit = index.commit("my commit message") # commit by commit message first
+    my_author = Actor("An author", "[email protected]")
+    my_committer = Actor("A committer", "[email protected]")
+    next_commit = index.commit("my commit message", author=my_author, commiter=my_committer) # commit by commit message and author and committer
 
 Create new indices from other trees or as result of a merge. Write that result to a new index file::
 

git/objects/commit.py

@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def create_from_tree(cls, repo, tree, message, parent_commits=None, head=False,
             # as well ...
             import git.refs
             try:
-                repo.head.set_commit(new_commit, logmsg="commit: %s" % message)
+                repo.head.set_commit(new_commit, logmsg=message)
             except ValueError:
                 # head is not yet set to the ref our HEAD points to
                 # Happens on first commit

git/refs/log.py

@@ -32,16 +32,20 @@
 class RefLogEntry(tuple):
 
     """Named tuple allowing easy access to the revlog data fields"""
-    _fmt = "%s %s %s <%s> %i %s\t%s\n"
     _re_hexsha_only = re.compile('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{40}$')
     __slots__ = tuple()
 
     def __repr__(self):
         """Representation of ourselves in git reflog format"""
         act = self.actor
         time = self.time
-        return self._fmt % (self.oldhexsha, self.newhexsha, act.name, act.email,
-                            time[0], altz_to_utctz_str(time[1]), self.message)
+        return u"{0} {1} {2} <{3}> {4!s} {5}\t{6}\n".format(self.oldhexsha,
+                                                            self.newhexsha,
+                                                            act.name,
+                                                            act.email,
+                                                            time[0],
+                                                            altz_to_utctz_str(time[1]),
+                                                            self.message).encode("utf-8")
 
     @property
     def oldhexsha(self):
@@ -267,7 +271,6 @@ def append_entry(cls, config_reader, filepath, oldbinsha, newbinsha, message):
 
         lf = LockFile(filepath)
         lf._obtain_lock_or_raise()
-
         fd = open(filepath, 'ab')
         try:
             fd.write(repr(entry).encode(defenc))

git/test/test_index.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     fixture,
     with_rw_repo
 )
+from git.util import Actor
 from git import (
     IndexFile,
     BlobFilter,
@@ -445,6 +446,22 @@ def mixed_iterator():
         assert len(new_commit.parents) == 1
         assert cur_head.commit == cur_commit
 
+        # commit with other actor
+        cur_commit = cur_head.commit
+
+        my_author = Actor("An author", "[email protected]")
+        my_committer = Actor("An committer", "[email protected]")
+        commit_actor = index.commit(commit_message, author=my_author, committer=my_committer)
+        assert cur_commit != commit_actor
+        assert commit_actor.author.name == "An author"
+        assert commit_actor.author.email == "[email protected]"
+        assert commit_actor.committer.name == "An committer"
+        assert commit_actor.committer.email == "[email protected]"
+        assert commit_actor.message == commit_message
+        assert commit_actor.parents[0] == cur_commit
+        assert len(new_commit.parents) == 1
+        assert cur_head.commit == cur_commit
+
         # same index, no parents
         commit_message = "index without parents"
         commit_no_parents = index.commit(commit_message, parent_commits=list(), head=True)