From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E6C1F744 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754068AbcGKQuD (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:50:03 -0400 Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:46296 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753613AbcGKQuD (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:50:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=thunk.org; s=ef5046eb; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=8B8sXBfqx9q7LBEgp7jgXGTs+hE7bhM2rEG7bkaC+ug=; b=lcK4hahwahcDGwDdwNGco1efbWlilcCSL9qft9cTXCy33gcYn8QAV2UlEpsOAcErmXtvB04sOuedA4SPacrFApXdir5zJT8khg6/GBcxMzIXBGF4S0a+oBkZh+6UqXGf3//HSEz/UchMbFbZo7MVdq9e3enak9zZ5fEEWWTrkHg=; Received: from root (helo=closure.thunk.org) by imap.thunk.org with local-esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bMePB-0007ZZ-PJ; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:50:01 +0000 Received: by closure.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id 075A0828F74; Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:50:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:50:00 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o To: Jeff King Cc: Git Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] date: document and test "raw-local" mode Message-ID: <20160711165000.GD3890@thunk.org> References: <20160711050201.GA18031@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20160711050617.GD32514@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160711050617.GD32514@sigill.intra.peff.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tytso@thunk.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on imap.thunk.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 01:06:17AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > > The documentation claims that "raw-local" does not work. It > does, but the end result is rather subtle. Let's describe it > in better detail, and test to make sure it works (namely, > the epoch time doesn't change, but the zone does). Maybe add an editorial statement that in most cases this isn't particularly useful? Documenting raw-local implies that someone might want to consider using it, and it's not clear to me folks should ever try --- they're more likely to confuse themselves more than anything else. - Ted