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> I can't remember ever changing or explicitly preserving the commit date.
> I don't think I care enough.

Would any more software developers and maintainers like to share
their experiences around such details?

When do commit timestamps become relevant as a documentation item
for contribution authorship?


> Remembering the author separately from the committer is something
> git does by design anyway.

Do you usually just reuse a procedure from a well-known command
for which a description is provided like the following?
http://git-scm.com/docs/git-am
'…
"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body override
the respective commit author name and title values
taken from the headers.
…'

Will further fields be eventually mentioned there?

Regards,
Markus