http://trac.edgewall.org/changeset/11675

Index: /branches/1.0-stable/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py
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--- /branches/1.0-stable/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py	(revision 11674)
+++ /branches/1.0-stable/tracopt/versioncontrol/git/tests/PyGIT.py	(revision 11675)
@@ -153,4 +153,6 @@
         # create git repository and master branch
         self._git('init', self.repos_path)
+        self._git('config', 'user.name', u"Joé")
+        self._git('config', 'user.email', "joe@example.com")
         create_file(os.path.join(self.repos_path, '.gitignore'))
         self._git('add', '.gitignore')
@@ -166,5 +168,5 @@
                      cwd=self.repos_path)
         proc.wait()
-        assert proc.returncode == 0
+        assert proc.returncode == 0, proc.stderr.read()
         return proc
 
@@ -181,5 +183,6 @@
         create_file(os.path.join(self.repos_path, 'tickét.txt'))
         self._git('add', 'tickét.txt')
-        self._git('commit', '-m', 'unicode-filename')
+        self._git('commit', '-m', 'unicode-filename',
+                  '--date', 'Sun Feb 3 18:30 2013 +0100')
         storage = self._storage()
         filenames = sorted(fname for mode, type, sha, size, fname
@@ -189,4 +192,7 @@
         self.assertEquals(u'.gitignore', filenames[0])
         self.assertEquals(u'tickét.txt', filenames[1])
+        # check commit author, for good measure
+        self.assertEquals(u'Joé <joe@example.com> 1359912600 +0100',
+                          storage.read_commit(storage.head())[1]['author'][0])
 
     def test_unicode_branches(self):