Merge branch 'jk/commit-date-approxidate'

Recent update to "git commit" broke amending an existing commit
with bogus author/committer lines without a valid e-mail address.

* jk/commit-date-approxidate:
  commit: always populate GIT_AUTHOR_* variables
  commit: loosen ident checks when generating template

Author: gitster

builtin/commit.c

@@ -522,6 +522,12 @@ static int is_a_merge(const struct commit *current_head)
 	return !!(current_head->parents && current_head->parents->next);
 }
 
+static void assert_split_ident(struct ident_split *id, const struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	if (split_ident_line(id, buf->buf, buf->len) || !id->date_begin)
+		die("BUG: unable to parse our own ident: %s", buf->buf);
+}
+
 static void export_one(const char *var, const char *s, const char *e, int hack)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -532,20 +538,6 @@ static void export_one(const char *var, const char *s, const char *e, int hack)
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 }
 
-static int sane_ident_split(struct ident_split *person)
-{
-	if (!person->name_begin || !person->name_end ||
-	    person->name_begin == person->name_end)
-		return 0; /* no human readable name */
-	if (!person->mail_begin || !person->mail_end ||
-	    person->mail_begin == person->mail_end)
-		return 0; /* no usable mail */
-	if (!person->date_begin || !person->date_end ||
-	    !person->tz_begin || !person->tz_end)
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int parse_force_date(const char *in, struct strbuf *out)
 {
 	strbuf_addch(out, '@');
@@ -623,25 +615,15 @@ static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
 	}
 
 	strbuf_addstr(author_ident, fmt_ident(name, email, date, IDENT_STRICT));
-	if (!split_ident_line(&author, author_ident->buf, author_ident->len) &&
-	    sane_ident_split(&author)) {
-		export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME", author.name_begin, author.name_end, 0);
-		export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", author.mail_begin, author.mail_end, 0);
-		export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE", author.date_begin, author.tz_end, '@');
-	}
-
+	assert_split_ident(&author, author_ident);
+	export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME", author.name_begin, author.name_end, 0);
+	export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", author.mail_begin, author.mail_end, 0);
+	export_one("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE", author.date_begin, author.tz_end, '@');
 	free(name);
 	free(email);
 	free(date);
 }
 
-static void split_ident_or_die(struct ident_split *id, const struct strbuf *buf)
-{
-	if (split_ident_line(id, buf->buf, buf->len) ||
-	    !sane_ident_split(id))
-		die(_("Malformed ident string: '%s'"), buf->buf);
-}
-
 static int author_date_is_interesting(void)
 {
 	return author_message || force_date;
@@ -856,8 +838,14 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 			status_printf_ln(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,
 					"%s", only_include_assumed);
 
-		split_ident_or_die(&ai, author_ident);
-		split_ident_or_die(&ci, &committer_ident);
+		/*
+		 * These should never fail because they come from our own
+		 * fmt_ident. They may fail the sane_ident test, but we know
+		 * that the name and mail pointers will at least be valid,
+		 * which is enough for our tests and printing here.
+		 */
+		assert_split_ident(&ai, author_ident);
+		assert_split_ident(&ci, &committer_ident);
 
 		if (ident_cmp(&ai, &ci))
 			status_printf_ln(s, GIT_COLOR_NORMAL,