Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add --date={local,relative,default}

From: David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
Date: Apr 26, 2007, 06:54 UTC
Message-ID: <87y7kfzkvq.fsf@morpheus.local>
In-Reply-To: <11775633782185-git-send-email-junkio@cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

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> ++
> +`--date=relative` shows dates relative to the current time,
> +e.g. "2 hours ago".
> ++
> +`--date=local` shows timestamps in user's local timezone.
> ++
> +`--date=default` shows timestamps in the original timezone
> +(either committer's or author's).

Why is "default" called "default" and not, say, "original"? What if I changed the default format to "local" using local configuration. What would "default" show then?

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David Kågedal