Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 24, 2017, 03:19 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmvb61oh6.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <403936fa1df1b1c6d8daade2bfe853579b97bad3.1492771484.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> Currently, Git's source code represents all timestamps as `unsigned
> long`. In preparation for using a more appropriate data type, let's
> introduce a symbol `parse_timestamp` (currently being defined to
> `strtoul`) where appropriate, so that we can later easily switch to,
> say, use `strtoull()` instead.

Apparently a very good first step in this series.

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