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Re: [PATCH] Additional merge-base tests

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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 5, 2006, 00:26 UTC
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Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> A Large Angry SCM wrote:
> 
>> It works[*] and it does what using the timestamp was trying to do. 
>> Namely, work from "more recent" (or "closer") commits toward "older" (or 
>> "farther") commits until you've gone past the point you care about.
>>
>> It's a little late to be changing the structure of a commit and you'd 
>> have to deal with some size/scale issues, but it's do-able. A better 
>> idea may be to generate and keep the generation number on a per 
>> repository basis, and you'd be able to work around changing grafts.
> 
> What about timestamp = MAX(now(), timestamps of parents) idea, which
> doesn't need changing the structure of a commit?
> 

So, do you really want your name as committer on a commit with a date 300 years in the future because one of the parents had a bad date?

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  1. Additional merge-base testsA Large Angry SCM, Jul 4, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  3. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  11. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  15. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  18. A Large Angry SCMJul 5, 2006
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2006
  20. Johannes SchindelinJul 5, 2006
  21. A Large Angry SCMJul 5, 2006
  22. Johannes SchindelinJul 5, 2006
  23. Josef WeidendorferJul 5, 2006
  24. A Large Angry SCMJul 5, 2006
  25. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2006

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