Re: [PATCH] t1016-compatObjectFormat: Really freeze time for reproduciblity

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 28, 2025, 17:15 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqv7jzc5hw.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <87frb310d2.fsf_-_@email.froward.int.ebiederm.org>

"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> writes:

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> By default gpg still allows time to move forward with --faked-system-time.
> So in those rare instances when the system is heavily loaded an gpg runs
> slower than other times, signatures over the exact same data differ
> due to timestamps with a minuscule difference.
>
> Reading through the gpg documentation with a close eye, time can be
> frozen by including an exclamation point at the end of the argument to
> --faked-system-time.
> ...
>  t/t1016-compatObjectFormat.sh | 6 ++++++
>  t/t1016/gpg                   | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Geez, how are we expected to find the need for '!' ourselves X-<.

Thanks for root causing the issue so quickly once it was raised.

And let me drop the "let's disable flakey ones" band-aid patch from the queue.