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Re: [PATCH] Make reflog query '@{1219188291}' act as '@{2008/08/19 16:24:51}'

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 20, 2008, 19:54 UTC
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Shawn O. Pearce, Wed, Aug 20, 2008 21:44:07 +0200:
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> We could pick any number for the limit, just so long as its so
> large that the size of the reflog for it to be a valid @{nth}
> request would be something like 1 TB, and thus be highly unlikely.
> 
> I was just trying to be cute by using the original commit timestamp
> of Git itself.  Perhaps 12936648 (1TB / 83)?
How about the maximum value the platform's size_t can handle?

Not because it is "highly unlikely", but because you and me frankly have no idea exactly how unlikely for example a "12936648 terabytes" is?

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  1. Make reflog query '@{1219188291}' act as '@{2008/08/19 16:24:51}'Shawn O. Pearce, Aug 19, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2008
  3. Shawn O. PearceAug 20, 2008
  4. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  5. Shawn O. PearceAug 20, 2008
  6. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceAug 20, 2008
  8. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2008
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