From 098bcda8640dbbe317aad6509e1dbc156d1ddd93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:20:56 -0500
Subject: Improved readability of generated email notifications

---
 src/com/gitblit/utils/JGitUtils.java | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/com/gitblit/utils')

diff --git a/src/com/gitblit/utils/JGitUtils.java b/src/com/gitblit/utils/JGitUtils.java
index 31fd08ff..e73ee800 100644
--- a/src/com/gitblit/utils/JGitUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/gitblit/utils/JGitUtils.java
@@ -470,6 +470,19 @@ public class JGitUtils {
 		return new Date(commit.getCommitTime() * 1000L);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves a Java Date from a Git commit.
+	 * 
+	 * @param commit
+	 * @return date of the commit or Date(0) if the commit is null
+	 */
+	public static Date getAuthorDate(RevCommit commit) {
+		if (commit == null) {
+			return new Date(0);
+		}
+		return commit.getAuthorIdent().getWhen();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the specified commit from the repository. If the repository does
 	 * not exist or is empty, null is returned.
-- 
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