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Re: [PATCH 3/3] introduce "format" date-mode

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 30, 2015, 16:22 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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>> 	strbuf_addf(&f, "%s ", fmt);
>
> Basically I was trying to avoid making any assumptions about exactly how
> strftime works. But presumably "stick a space in the format" is a
> universally reasonable thing to do. It's a hack, but it's contained to
> the function.

Why can't I shake this feeling that (" %s", fmt), i.e. prepend not append, is the safer thing to do than to append?

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Message 17 of 31 in “several date related issues”
  1. H.Merijn BrandJun 25, 2015
  2. Jeff KingJun 25, 2015
  3. H.Merijn BrandJun 25, 2015
  4. 0/3 localized date formatJeff King, Jun 25, 2015
  5. 1/3 show-branch: use DATE_RELATIVE instead of magic numberJeff King, Jun 25, 2015
  6. 2/3 convert "enum date_mode" into a structJeff King, Jun 25, 2015
  7. John KeepingJun 25, 2015
  8. Jeff KingJun 25, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2015
  10. Jeff KingJul 7, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2015
  12. Jeff KingJul 7, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2015
  14. 3/3 introduce "format" date-modeJeff King, Jun 25, 2015
  15. Eric SunshineJun 29, 2015
  16. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2015
  18. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2015
  20. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  21. Eric SunshineJun 30, 2015
  22. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  23. Eric SunshineJun 30, 2015
  24. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2015
  26. Eric SunshineJun 30, 2015
  27. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  28. Jeff KingJun 30, 2015
  29. Eric SunshineJun 30, 2015
  30. Eric SunshineJul 21, 2015
  31. Jeff KingJul 21, 2015

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