Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.9.1

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Definitely keep that paragraph. I am quite familiar with the test
> helper and it was not the outcome I initially expected.
>
>> +test_lazy_prereq 64BIT_TIME '
>> +	case "$(test-date show:iso 9999999999)" in
>> +	*" -> 2038-"*)
>> +		# on this platform, unsigned long is 32-bit, i.e. not large enough
>> +		false
>
> I see you tightened up the match a little. TBH, I think we could
> probably just match the whole output string, but I doubt there's much
> chance of a false positive either way.

Ah, it wasn't meant to be a tightening; rather the above is for
documentation value, i.e. make it stand out what 2038 we are
matching---its answer being "the year portion of the result of the
conversion".

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