Re: [PATCH 1/2] Quit passing 'now' to date code

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 06:47:10PM -0700, Stephen P. Smith wrote:

> As part of a previous patch set, the get_time() function was added to
> date.c eliminating the need to pass a `now` parameter from the test
> code.

I'm glad to see this cleanup. I think it is worth explaining a bit more,
though, why this hunk in particular:

> @@ -103,22 +103,14 @@ static void getnanos(const char **argv)
>  
>  int cmd__date(int argc, const char **argv)
>  {
> -	struct timeval now;
>  	const char *x;
> -
>  	x = getenv("GIT_TEST_DATE_NOW");
> -	if (x) {
> -		now.tv_sec = atoi(x);
> -		now.tv_usec = 0;
> -	}
> -	else
> -		gettimeofday(&now, NULL);

...is doing the right thing, since it was the site that actually used
the parameters that are being deleted. Maybe something like:

  Commit b841d4ff43 (Add `human` format to test-tool, 2019-01-28) added
  a get_time() function which allows $GIT_TEST_DATE_NOW in the
  environment to override the current time. So we no longer need to
  interpret that variable in cmd__date().

  Likewise, we can stop passing the "now" parameter down through the
  date functions, since nobody uses them. Note that we do need to make
  sure all of the previous callers that took a "now" parameter are
  correctly using get_time().

which I think explains all of the hunks.

-Peff