Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2018, #06; Wed, 21)

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 22, 2018, 10:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CACBZZX5t8GARu0TPxWjhwY8ZtRop+EPQO3KbVHAyNpShm0ghRA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1965413.u7ZHvrJggb@thunderbird>

On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 11:31 AM Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net> wrote:

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> On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 2:00:16 AM MST Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > [Stalled]
> >
> > * lt/date-human (2018-07-09) 1 commit
> >  - Add 'human' date format
> >
> >  A new date format "--date=human" that morphs its output depending
> >  on how far the time is from the current time has been introduced.
> >  "--date=auto" can be used to use this new format when the output is
> >  goint to the pager or to the terminal and otherwise the default
> >  format.
>
> What needs to be done with this patch to move it along?

In e.g. "Git Test Coverage Report (Wednesday Nov 21)" by Stolee you can see that the new code in date.c is largely uncovered. Adding tests for the behavior would be a good start.

> I see that both Linus and Junio have signed the patch.

That just means Linus wrote it and Junio ran "git am -s" on it.