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Re: git-rev-list in local commit order

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TGThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date
May 15, 2005, 21:30 UTC
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On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 17:21 -0400, Sean wrote:
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> > Time is illusion.
> 
> What you're missing is that time is only important in this case to deduce
> the relative age of each commit LOCALLY.   The intention of this proposal
> is not to allow time comparison of commits between repositories.

I do not want to compare times. I want to figure out workflows and histories between different repositories.

>  In fact,
> you'll see if you look closely, that you don't need to do that in order to
> solve the stated problem of sorting the commits by the time they were
> merged LOCALLY.
Even LOCALLY is no guarantee for correct timestamps.
tglx
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  9. SeanMay 15, 2005
  10. Thomas GleixnerMay 15, 2005
  11. SeanMay 16, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 16, 2005
  13. Thomas GleixnerMay 17, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsMay 17, 2005
  15. Thomas GleixnerMay 17, 2005
  16. Linus TorvaldsMay 17, 2005
  17. Jon SeymourMay 18, 2005

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