class Git::Author

An author in a Git commit

@deprecated Use {Git::AuthorInfo} instead; this mutable class will be

removed in v6.0.0

@api public

Attributes

date [RW]

@return [Time, nil] the date the change was authored (author date, not committer date)

email [RW]

@return [String, nil] the author’s email

name [RW]

@return [String, nil] the author’s name

Public Class Methods

new (author_string)

Source

# File lib/git/author.rb, line 32
def initialize(author_string)
  if defined?(Git::Deprecation)
    Git::Deprecation.warn(
      'Git::Author is deprecated and will be removed in v6.0.0. Use Git::AuthorInfo instead.'
    )
  end

  return unless (m = /(.*?) <(.*?)> (\d+) (.*)/.match(author_string))

  @name = m[1]
  @email = m[2]
  @date = Time.at(m[3].to_i)
end

Initializes a new Author object from a string

@example

Git::Author.new("John Doe <john.doe@example.com> 1627849923 +0200")

@param author_string [String] the author string

@return [void]

@deprecated Use {Git::AuthorInfo.parse} instead