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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] Specify explicitly where we parse timestamps
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> 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.