id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,component,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,release
5351,Incorrect author in timeline and log - GitPlugin shows committer instead of author,egagnon@j-meg.com,hvr,When the author differs from the committer_ GitPlugin seems to favor the committer over the author as "Trac Author". This has impact in the timeline_ log_ and various other locations.\r\n\r\nGitPlugin seems to have this concept of "Trac Author" in addition to "git-author" and "git-committer"_ as can be seen on: http://sablecc.org/changeset/1a3b6173986aa9cfc694acba0ecbbb7e40028f22\r\n\r\nThere might be reasons why a project would like to show the committer name_ instead of the author name_ in the timeline and log to show committer activity. Yet_ other projects might have very few_ or even a single committer in their official repository_ as encouraged by Git. In such a case_ it might make more sense to show the real author name in the timeline and log.\r\n\r\nI suggest using a configuration flag to chose which of the git-author or git-committer to use as "Trac Author"_ so that everybody is pleased.\r\n,defect,closed,normal,GitPlugin,normal,worksforme,,peter@stuge.se,0.12