On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:44:33AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > Hmm. Maybe clock skew in the commit timestamps is at fault? With this > patch to git: > > diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c > index 06a38ac..7a024ab 100644 > --- a/builtin/name-rev.c > +++ b/builtin/name-rev.c > @@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ static void name_rev(struct commit *commit, > if (!commit->object.parsed) > parse_commit(commit); > > - if (commit->date < cutoff) > - return; > - > if (deref) { > char *new_name = xmalloc(strlen(tip_name)+3); > strcpy(new_name, tip_name); > > I get: > > $ $ git name-rev a1de02dccf906faba2ee2d99cac56799bda3b96a > a1de02dccf906faba2ee2d99cac56799bda3b96a tags/v2.6.34-rc1~199^2~35 > > but I haven't tracked down the problematic commit and timestamp yet. Still looking, but definitely some kind of skew problem. Reverting the patch above and doing this also works: diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c index 06a38ac..198e04d 100644 --- a/builtin/name-rev.c +++ b/builtin/name-rev.c @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ #include "refs.h" #include "parse-options.h" -#define CUTOFF_DATE_SLOP 86400 /* one day */ +#define CUTOFF_DATE_SLOP (60*86400) typedef struct rev_name { const char *tip_name; but a 59-day slop does not. -Peff -- 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