Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: updated documentation for git commit --date

From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 29, 2021, 11:11 UTC
Message-ID: <5f69547a-723c-05d4-e00c-c7a5d6760315@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <98c196c4-31ff-4df1-9215-77d115771583@gmail.com>

On 29/03/21 13.02, Chinmoy Chakraborty wrote:

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> I think initially it was suggested as a joke, but actually implemented
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> to demonstrate the ability for users to include their own custom
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> time/date periods.
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Hmmm...

The commit you mentioned (a8aca418d6484400d6804e22717bd49ca06c28e9) said that:

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>     Thanks for pointing out tea-time.
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>     This is also written to easily extended to allow people to add their own
>     important dates like Christmas and their own birthdays.
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But it seems like the predefined dates/times were hard-coded, so to extend --date option to allow more predefined date/times, Git sources need to be edited.

Maybe we can make git config option (commit.predefined_times [FIXME: suggest better name]) so user can easily add ones.

Also, I asked to you: can I set --date to arbitrary date (like 09/29/2009 19:59)?

[CC] Junio, what about this patch?

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