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Re: [PATCH] format-patch: use current date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header line

From
Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com>
Date
Apr 15, 2010, 15:16 UTC
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<20100415151619.GK12365@arachsys.com>
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Chris Webb <chris@arachsys.com> writes:
> Put the current date in the 'From COMMIT DATE' header line instead of using
> the fixed date 'Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001'. A DATE_UTC mode for show_date() is
> introduced so we can easily generate this line in the correct format.

...but this will break t4013-diff-various which expects the exact date string 'Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001' in the mbox header. Patch to fix this test to follow!

Cheers,
Chris.
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Message 2 of 12 in “format-patch: use current date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header line”
  1. format-patch: use current date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header lineChris Webb, Apr 15, 2010
  2. Chris WebbApr 15, 2010
  3. Thomas RastApr 15, 2010
  4. Chris WebbApr 15, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2010
  6. Fix t4013 with current date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header linesChris Webb, Apr 15, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 15, 2010
  8. Chris WebbApr 16, 2010
  9. 1/2 format-patch: use commit date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header lineChris Webb, Apr 16, 2010
  10. 2/2 Fix t4013 with commit date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header linesChris Webb, Apr 16, 2010
  11. Santi BéjarApr 16, 2010
  12. format-patch: use commit date in mbox 'From COMMIT DATE' header lineChris Webb, Apr 17, 2010

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