Re: [PATCH] Allow the Unix epoch to be a valid commit date

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Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> It is common practice to use the Unix epoch as a fallback date
> when a suitable date is not available.  This is true of git svn
> and possibly other importing tools that import non-git history
> into git.
>
> Instead of clobbering established strtoul() error reporting
> semantics with our own, preserve the strtoul() error value
> of ULONG_MAX for fsck.c to handle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx>

Makes sense.  Will queue.

Thanks.
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