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Re: Corrupted (?) commit 6e6db85e confusing gitk

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Dec 2, 2007, 21:49 UTC
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> Darn.  But when can "GIT_AUTHOR_DATE" be set to the empty string?  I mean, 
> I understand unset'ing it.  But setting it to ""?

Well, regardless, I think we should make sure that git-commit-tree never writes out an invalid commit - no matter *how* insane input it gets. Making it complain loudly (with a 'die("Oh, no, you don't!")') would be a good idea.

		Linus
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Message 16 of 18 in “Corrupted (?) commit 6e6db85e confusing gitk”
  1. Steffen ProhaskaDec 2, 2007
  2. Wincent ColaiutaDec 2, 2007
  3. gitk: Add workaround to handle corrupted author dateSteffen Prohaska, Dec 2, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  5. Brian DowningDec 2, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  10. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2007
  11. Fix --signoff in builtin-commit differently.Junio C Hamano, Dec 2, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2007
  13. Michael GebetsroitherDec 2, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2007
  16. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007

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