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

From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 29, 2021, 05:25 UTC
Message-ID: <6a9d24a9-6942-97fc-550f-6b9b61264a78@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.918.v2.git.1616936099778.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On 28/03/21 19.54, Chinmoy via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Chinmoy Chakraborty <chinmoy12c@gmail.com>
> 
> This commit lists the special strings used with `--date`
> in `git-commit.txt` and also a brief explanation about
> the strings in `date-formats.txt`.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chinmoy Chakraborty <chinmoy12c@gmail.com>
> ---

Is date format parsing specific to git commit? If so, then why not date-formats.txt be merged to `DATE FORMATS` section of git-commit documentation? Also, what commit this `--date` option first appeared before you write this documentation?

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> +`tea`::
> +	Change commit time to 17:00(tea time). If the current
> +	time is less than 17:00, the time will be set to 17:00
> +	on the previous day, else it will be set to 17:00 on
> +	the same day.

How useful is this argument?

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