Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 06:52:02PM +0000, Utku Gultopu via GitGitGadget wrote: > >> +ifdef::git-commit[] >> +In addition to recognizing all date formats above, the `--date` option >> +will also try to make sense of other, more human-centric date formats, >> +such as relative dates like "yesterday" or "last Friday at noon". For >> +further details on what kind of formats are accepted, please refer to >> +the `approxidate_careful` function in `date.c` file in Git source code. >> +endif::git-commit[] > > OK. This is still referring to `approxidate_careful`, which may not be > meaningful to most users. But at least it makes a best effort at a > hand-waving definition before then. :) > > I'd probably omit the final sentence entirely (as it may simply confuse > people who don't know how to find Git's source), but I'm OK with it > either way. I am not happy with reference to approxidate_careful that has no place in end-user facing documentation. I think the one you suggested struck a better balance.
