On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 7:30 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I wonder if this should be of timestamp_t type instead, as the check >> is done against *timestamp in parse_date_basic() where *timestamp is >> of type timestamp_t to match? > >Also, as you can see at one of the GitHub CI jobs, e.g., > > >https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/9455916669/job/26046731619#step:6: >1915 > >you'd need to either exclude some "these are too large timestamps for the system" >tests from 32-bit systems or expect output on them to be different from 64-bit >systems. > >As you are actively detecting the condition and giving an error message "too large >for _this_ system", I think it is a good idea to actually do the latter, i.e. on 64-bit >system make sure parsing is done correctly, and on 32-bit system make sure you get >that "too large for this system" error. Does this imply that timestamp tests will fail on 32-bit systems? I am unsure how to interpret this. Can you please clarify? Thanks, Randall
