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Re: Weird behavior of 'git log --before' or 'git log --date-order': Commits from 2011 are treated to be before 1980

From
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date
Apr 15, 2023, 14:10 UTC
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On Sat, Apr 15, 2023, at 10:52, Jeff King wrote:
> Of course it may also be reasonable to consider this mystery solved and
> leave the code as-is. These objects _are_ malformed.

I started to run `git-repair`[1] on the repository yesterday. I’m not sure yet if it will finish.[2]

[1]: https://git-repair.branchable.com/ [2]: https://git-repair.branchable.com/index/discussion/

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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Message 4 of 46 in “Weird behavior of 'git log --before' or 'git log --date-order': Commits from 2011 are treated to be before 1980”
  1. Thomas BockApr 14, 2023
  2. Jeff KingApr 15, 2023
  3. Jeff KingApr 15, 2023
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkApr 15, 2023
  5. Jeff KingApr 17, 2023
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkApr 17, 2023
  7. Jeff KingApr 17, 2023
  8. Kristoffer HaugsbakkApr 27, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2023
  10. Jeff KingApr 18, 2023
  11. Derrick StoleeApr 18, 2023
  12. Thomas BockApr 21, 2023
  13. 0/3 fixing some parse_commit() timestamp corner casesJeff King, Apr 22, 2023
  14. 1/3 t4212: avoid putting git on left-hand side of pipeJeff King, Apr 22, 2023
  15. 2/3 parse_commit(): parse timestamp from end of lineJeff King, Apr 22, 2023
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2023
  17. Jeff KingApr 25, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2023
  19. 0/3 fixing some parse_commit() timestamp corner casesJeff King, Apr 25, 2023
  20. Jeff KingApr 25, 2023
  21. 1/4 t4212: avoid putting git on left-hand side of pipeJeff King, Apr 25, 2023
  22. 2/4 parse_commit(): parse timestamp from end of lineJeff King, Apr 25, 2023
  23. 3/4 parse_commit(): handle broken whitespace-only timestampJeff King, Apr 25, 2023
  24. Phillip WoodApr 25, 2023
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2023
  26. Jeff KingApr 26, 2023
  27. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  28. 0/4 fixing some parse_commit() timestamp corner casesJeff King, Apr 27, 2023
  29. 1/4 t4212: avoid putting git on left-hand side of pipeJeff King, Apr 27, 2023
  30. 2/4 parse_commit(): parse timestamp from end of lineJeff King, Apr 27, 2023
  31. 3/4 parse_commit(): handle broken whitespace-only timestampJeff King, Apr 27, 2023
  32. Phillip WoodApr 27, 2023
  33. Phillip WoodApr 27, 2023
  34. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2023
  36. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2023
  38. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  39. 4/4 parse_commit(): describe more date-parsing failure modesJeff King, Apr 27, 2023
  40. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  41. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2023
  42. Phillip WoodApr 26, 2023
  43. Andreas SchwabApr 26, 2023
  44. Phillip WoodApr 26, 2023
  45. 4/4 parse_commit(): describe more date-parsing failure modesJeff King, Apr 25, 2023
  46. Jeff KingApr 22, 2023

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