GitRepository: return GitModifier object instead of separate fields

this make sure the number of return values doesn't stays sane when
also returning timestamps and committer information.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/gbp/git/repository.py b/gbp/git/repository.py
index 2a8cdd8..4d4e402 100644
--- a/gbp/git/repository.py
+++ b/gbp/git/repository.py
@@ -1200,13 +1200,15 @@ class GitRepository(object):
                                      % commit)
 
         fields = out.split('\x00')
+
+        author = GitModifier(fields[0].strip(),
+                             fields[1].strip())
+
         return {'id' : commit,
-                'author' : fields[0].strip(),
-                'email' : fields[1].strip(),
+                'author' : author,
                 'subject' : fields[2],
                 'body' : fields[3]}
 
-
 #{ Patches
     def format_patches(self, start, end, output_dir, signature=True, thread=None):
         """
diff --git a/gbp/scripts/dch.py b/gbp/scripts/dch.py
index ba96631..6d88ea6 100644
--- a/gbp/scripts/dch.py
+++ b/gbp/scripts/dch.py
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ def do_snapshot(changelog, repo, next_snapshot):
 def parse_commit(repo, commitid, opts, last_commit=False):
     """Parse a commit and return message, author, and author email"""
     commit_info = repo.get_commit_info(commitid)
-    author = commit_info['author']
-    email = commit_info['email']
+    author = commit_info['author'].name
+    email = commit_info['author'].email
     format_entry = user_customizations.get('format_changelog_entry')
     if not format_entry:
         format_entry = dch.format_changelog_entry