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Re: log-tree.c: date hardwired

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Jan 17, 2009, 23:27 UTC
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Can I get a go-ahead from somebody for me to begin work on implementing a fix? (Yes, trivial.)

>>>>> "j" == jidanni  <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

j> In log-tree.c: printf("From %s Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n", name); j> Wouldn't it be more aesthetically pleasing to use current local or UTC time? j> Or at least comment in the code that the date is hardwired like that j> in the fear that otherwise people will think it is the actual commit time. j> No, I can't think of any other tool that hardwires the From separators j> they produce.

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