Pass in "--author 'name <email@somewhere.com>" when doing git patches in apply_issue.py

checkout.py

Index: checkout.py
diff --git a/checkout.py b/checkout.py
index cc570082c01219def42be817a84c0296ac950104..6cce4035e1b952195befe0df8323146815f5295e 100644
--- a/checkout.py
+++ b/checkout.py
@@ -553,12 +553,14 @@ class SvnCheckout(CheckoutBase, SvnMixIn):
 class GitCheckout(CheckoutBase):
   """Manages a git checkout."""
   def __init__(self, root_dir, project_name, remote_branch, git_url,
-      commit_user, post_processors=None, base_ref=None):
+      commit_user, post_processors=None, base_ref=None, name=None, email=None):

[agable, 2014/02/22 00:01:04]

These should be parameters to apply_patch, not __init__

     super(GitCheckout, self).__init__(root_dir, project_name, post_processors)
     self.base_ref = base_ref
     self.git_url = git_url
     self.commit_user = commit_user
     self.remote_branch = remote_branch
+    self.name = name
+    self.email = email
     # The working branch where patches will be applied. It will track the
     # remote branch.
     self.working_branch = 'working_branch'
@@ -707,7 +709,8 @@ class GitCheckout(CheckoutBase):
               align_stdout([getattr(e, 'stdout', '')])))
     # Once all the patches are processed and added to the index, commit the
     # index.
-    cmd = ['commit', '-m', 'Committed patch']
+    author = '%s <%s>' % (self.name, self.email)
+    cmd = ['commit', '-m', 'Committed patch', '--author', author]
     if verbose:
       cmd.append('--verbose')
     self._check_call_git(cmd)