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