Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > And then at the end of that section, expand what it's willing to take: > > ifdef::git-commit[] > The `--date` option (but not the environment variables) will also try to > make sense of other more human-centric date formats, including relative > dates like "yesterday" or "last Friday at noon". > endif::git-commit[] Yup, I find this a lot more acceptable than reference to the code that may happen to be correct only at this moment but can deviate over time from the reality. IIRC, the implementation detail cited in the patch under review (e.g. use of _careful() helper) did change in 2014. Thanks, both. Looking forward to seeing an updated patch.
