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Re: [PATCH v2] fast-import: add new --date-format=raw-permissive format

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
May 29, 2020, 00:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20200529002034.GC114915@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<pull.795.v2.git.git.1590698437607.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Elijah Newren wrote:
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> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
>
> There are multiple repositories in the wild with random, invalid
> timezones.  Most notably is a commit from rails.git with a timezone of
> "+051800"[1].  A few searches will find other repos with that same
[...]
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> Provide a --date-format=raw-permissive format that will not error out on
> these otherwise invalid timezones so that such existing repositories can
> be imported.
>
> [1] https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4cf94979c9f4d6683c9338d694d5eb3106a4e734
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200521195513.GA1542632@coredump.intra.peff.net/
> [3] https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/issues/88
This could potentially go in a Bug: footer.
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> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fast-import.c          | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  t/t9300-fast-import.sh | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Makes sense.
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Thanks.
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Message 5 of 12 in “fast-import: accept invalid timezones so we can import existing repos”
  1. fast-import: accept invalid timezones so we can import existing reposElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, May 28, 2020
  2. Jonathan NiederMay 28, 2020
  3. fast-import: add new --date-format=raw-permissive formatElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, May 28, 2020
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2020
  5. Jonathan NiederMay 29, 2020
  6. Jeff KingMay 29, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2020
  8. fast-import: add new --date-format=raw-permissive formatElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, May 30, 2020
  9. Jeff KingMay 30, 2020
  10. Why does fast-import need to check the validity of idents? + Other ident adventures=?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason, Feb 3, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2021
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 5, 2021

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