Issue 695: Gerrit rejects replacement commit with only the author changed
Status:  Released
Owner: ----
Closed:  Sep 2010
Reported by nas...@chromium.org, Aug 30, 2010
Affected Version: 2.1.5

What steps will reproduce the problem?
(using the commit-msg changeId hook)
1. git commit --author="Nasser Grainawi <nasser@codeaurora.org>"
2. git push review-dev:tools/test/project0 newest-branch:refs/for/master
3. git commit --amend --author="Nasser Grainawi <nasserg@example.com>"
4. git push review-dev:tools/test/project0 newest-branch:refs/for/master

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected:
To review-dev:tools/test/project0
 * [new branch]      newest-branch -> refs/for/master

Instead:
To review-dev:tools/test/project0
 ! [remote rejected] newest-branch -> refs/for/master (no changes made)
error: failed to push some refs to 'review-dev:tools/test/project0'


Please provide any additional information below.
This can be worked around by actually changing the commit message as well.

Sep 7, 2010
#1 sop@google.com
Fixed by I4886d852a61f6f55257985a4f011d65a244d00e1
Status: Submitted
Labels: FixedIn-2.1.6
Dec 15, 2010
#2 sop@google.com
(No comment was entered for this change.)
Status: Released