Re: PG 19 release notes and authors - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:
> Crazy idea: One option for what we could do going forward is use the
> Author header field of the commit for the actual author, instead of
> having that field always contain the same as the Committer header field.

From a mechanical perspective, that has clear advantages to me
(especially with the de facto GitHub interpretation), but I think it'd
collide with our practice of rewriting commits to maintain project
voice. Maybe people could get used to that change, but I generally
expect the Author in the Git metadata to be the *literal* author of
the commit message.

--Jacob