--- Tom Prince <tom.prince@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:55:08AM -0700, Matthew L Foster wrote: > > > > --- Rogan Dawes <discard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I just don't think that any of the kernel developers feel the need to > > > police any one else's clocks . . . they're more interested in the > > > contents of the patch. > > > > I am not saying git should "police any one else's clocks", I am saying git should be designed > or > > configured in such a way, using local time, that it obviates the current reliance on everyone > > else's clock being set correctly. > > > > -Matt > > The point is, it DOES NOT rely on anyone's clock being set correctly. gitweb.cgi does. It should be possible to export git data, through say a web interface, in a such a way that local time order is consistent with commit order. [responding to Linus' mail here:] I understand that git doesn't care about time internally as it treats it as a random number for people to care about or not on their own, I am only saying that local time is more likely to be cared about than disparate remote creation times. -Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html