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Re: [PATCH v2] gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago" by default

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 12, 2008, 19:38 UTC
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Hi,
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Okay, so I just remove the !approxidate() check.  Then, "gc.pruneExpire = 
> > never" should work as you expect it to.
> 
> Huh?  date.c::special[] has "never" defined for this exact reason.

Oops. I thought that approxidate() returns 0 on error, but apparently this is not so. Instead, it returns "now"!

So first of all, my patch is incorrect, and second: invalid dates cannot be caught reliably.

Darn.

Ciao, Dscho "who'll think about a way around that"

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Message 22 of 41 in “gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago"”
  1. gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago"Johannes Schindelin, Mar 11, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  3. Nicolas PitreMar 12, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  6. Nicolas PitreMar 12, 2008
  7. Pieter de BieMar 12, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  9. Jeff KingMar 12, 2008
  10. Pieter de BieMar 12, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  14. Geert BoschMar 12, 2008
  15. Nicolas PitreMar 12, 2008
  16. Marko KreenMar 12, 2008
  17. gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago" by defaultJohannes Schindelin, Mar 12, 2008
  18. Brandon CaseyMar 12, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiMar 12, 2008
  20. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  22. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  23. gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago" by defaultJohannes Schindelin, Mar 12, 2008
  24. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  25. Brandon CaseyMar 12, 2008
  26. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  27. Brandon CaseyMar 12, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  29. gc: call "prune --expire 2.weeks.ago" by defaultJohannes Schindelin, Mar 12, 2008
  30. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  31. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  32. Nicolas PitreMar 12, 2008
  33. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  35. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  36. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008
  37. Johannes SchindelinMar 12, 2008
  38. Wincent ColaiutaMar 13, 2008
  39. Johannes SixtMar 13, 2008
  40. Wincent ColaiutaMar 13, 2008
  41. Johannes SchindelinMar 13, 2008

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