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Re: [PATCH] reflog: fix default expiry periods

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 22, 2026, 18:02 UTC
Message-ID
<20260922180251.GA18803@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 10:27:38AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Pushkar Singh <pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > The default expiry periods for reflog entries are reversed in
> > REFLOG_EXPIRE_OPTIONS_INIT(). This causes reachable entries to
> > expire after 30 days instead of the documented 90 days.
> >
> > Restore the intended 90-day expiry for reachable entries and
> > 30-day expiry for unreachable entries.
> >
> > Add a regression test for a reachable reflog entry that is
> > 60 days old.
> 
> Does this breakage date back to the beginning of the reflog expire
> feature, or was it working perfectly fine but was broken sometime
> ago?  Do we know where the breakge happened, and why?  Those are a
> lot more relevant things to describe in the first paragraph.  Once
> the problem is described clearly enough in a simple case like this,
> the solution to the problem is so obvious that latter two paragraphs
> do not need to be said.

I had the same question. They were flipped by 8565827570 (builtin/reflog: stop storing default reflog expiry dates globally, 2025-04-08). That definitely should go in the commit message.

-Peff
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Patrick Steinhardt
Message 4 of 19 in “reflog expire: default expiry times swapped since 2.50”
  1. r.norouziSep 19, 2026
  2. reflog: fix default expiry periodsPushkar Singh, Sep 22, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2026
  4. Jeff KingSep 22, 2026
  5. Patrick SteinhardtSep 23, 2026
  6. reflog: fix default expiry periodsPushkar Singh, Sep 23, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2026
  8. Patrick SteinhardtSep 24, 2026
  9. Jeff KingSep 24, 2026
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2026
  11. Jeff KingSep 24, 2026
  12. Patrick SteinhardtSep 28, 2026
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2026
  14. reflog: fix default expiry periodsPushkar Singh, Sep 24, 2026
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2026
  16. Patrick SteinhardtSep 28, 2026
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2026
  18. Patrick SteinhardtSep 29, 2026
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2026

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