On 2019.03.14 15:34, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Josh, > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Josh Steadmon wrote: > > > Persistently enabling trace2 output is difficult because it requires > > specifying a full filename. This series teaches tr2_dst_get_trace_fd() > > to randomize filenames when a directory or filename prefix are given as > > targets in the GIT_TR2_* envvars. It also allows expansion of a > > timestamp template string into the current UTC timestamp. > > Given the problem you try to solve, would it not make more sense to use > `getnanotime()` than some randomized file name or an ISO date format? For my specific use case, getnanotime() would probably be sufficient. However, others requested the timestamp feature before I sent this to the list. I don't know whether they had a specific use case in mind.