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Re: [RFC/PATCH] date: allow any format to display local time

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 31, 2015, 20:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20150831204444.GA4385@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20150831200016.GC30659@serenity.lan>
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 09:00:16PM +0100, John Keeping wrote:
> Are you willing to resend this as a proper patch?
Yup.
  [1/2]: fast-import: switch crash-report date to iso8601
  [2/2]: date: make "local" orthogonal to date format
> I'm happy to build documentation & tests on top, although there don't
> seem to be any tests for date formats outside t6300-for-each-ref.sh at
> the moment

I've added documentation, but not tests. Tests on top would be very much appreciated.

> (and the "format" mode is neither tested nor documented for
> git-for-each-ref although it does work)..

I think it is the opposite for testing: we test only for-each-ref. I remember when I did the original patch finding that there were no existing tests for log --date, and I was too lazy to add them. It would be nice to add some now.

I agree that the documentation for for-each-ref is not up to date. I think it should do a better job of just pointing to the existing date-format (and then we do not have to keep documenting new features in two places).

We could also push the content into a new file and include it from both places. But I'd be much more in favor of actually pulling the date discussion into a separate "gitdates(7)" manpage and just referencing it from both places. Even though it creates more work for a user following the reference (in manpages, at least, which are not hyperlinked), I think there is a cognitive benefit to the user in realizing that the same concept can be applied in both places.

-Peff
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Message 7 of 59 in “date: allow any format to display local time”
  1. date: allow any format to display local timeJohn Keeping, Aug 30, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2015
  3. Jeff KingAug 31, 2015
  4. Jeff KingAug 31, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2015
  6. John KeepingAug 31, 2015
  7. Jeff KingAug 31, 2015
  8. 1/2 fast-import: switch crash-report date to iso8601Jeff King, Aug 31, 2015
  9. 2/2 date: make "local" orthogonal to date formatJeff King, Aug 31, 2015
  10. John KeepingAug 31, 2015
  11. Jeff KingAug 31, 2015
  12. Jeff KingAug 31, 2015
  13. John KeepingSep 1, 2015
  14. 0/6 Make "local" orthogonal to date formatJohn Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  15. 1/6 fast-import: switch crash-report date to iso8601John Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  16. 2/6 date: make "local" orthogonal to date formatJohn Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2015
  18. Jeff KingSep 1, 2015
  19. John KeepingSep 1, 2015
  20. Jeff KingSep 1, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2015
  23. 3/6 t6300: introduce test_date() helperJohn Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2015
  25. Eric SunshineSep 1, 2015
  26. Jeff KingSep 1, 2015
  27. John KeepingSep 1, 2015
  28. Jeff KingSep 1, 2015
  29. 4/6 t6300: make UTC and local dates differentJohn Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  30. 5/6 t6300: add test for "raw" date formatJohn Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  31. 6/6 t6300: add tests for "-local" date formatsJohn Keeping, Sep 1, 2015
  32. Jeff KingSep 1, 2015
  33. John KeepingSep 2, 2015
  34. Jeff KingSep 2, 2015
  35. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2015
  36. John KeepingSep 2, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2015
  38. John KeepingSep 2, 2015
  39. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2015
  40. Jeff KingSep 2, 2015
  41. 00/11 Make "local" orthogonal to date formatJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  42. 01/11 Documentation/blame-options: don't list date formatsJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  43. 02/11 Documentation/config: don't list date formatsJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  44. 03/11 Documentation/git-for-each-ref: don't list date formatsJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  45. 04/11 Documentation/rev-list: don't list date formatsJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  46. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2015
  47. 05/11 fast-import: switch crash-report date to iso8601John Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  48. 06/11 t6300: introduce test_date() helperJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  49. 07/11 t6300: add test for "raw" date formatJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  50. 08/11 date: check for "local" before anything elseJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  51. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2015
  52. 09/11 date: make "local" orthogonal to date formatJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  53. 10/11 t6300: make UTC and local dates differentJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  54. 11/11 t6300: add tests for "-local" date formatsJohn Keeping, Sep 3, 2015
  55. Jeff KingSep 8, 2015
  56. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2015
  57. Jeff KingSep 2, 2015
  58. John KeepingSep 2, 2015
  59. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2015

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