From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:34:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Randomize / timestamp trace2 targets
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1903141531160.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1552519463.git.steadmon@google.com>

Hi Josh,

On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Josh Steadmon wrote:

> Persistently enabling trace2 output is difficult because it requires
> specifying a full filename. This series teaches tr2_dst_get_trace_fd()
> to randomize filenames when a directory or filename prefix are given as
> targets in the GIT_TR2_* envvars. It also allows expansion of a
> timestamp template string into the current UTC timestamp.

Given the problem you try to solve, would it not make more sense to use
`getnanotime()` than some randomized file name or an ISO date format?

Ciao,
Johannes