Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pretty: Provide a strict ISO8601 date format

From: Beat Bolli <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:02:36 +0200

On 29.08.14 20:59, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> +# ISO strict date format
>> +test_expect_success 'ISO and ISO-strict date formats display the same values' '
>> +	git log --format=%ai%n%ci | sed -e "s/ /T/; s/ //; s/..\$/:&/" >expected &&
>> +	git log --format=%aI%n%cI >actual &&
>> +	test_cmp expected actual
>> +'
> 
> This is saying that as long as --date=iso-strict format is
> bug-to-bug compatible with --date=iso format it is OK.
> 
> Which is fine, especially knowing the implementation ;-)
> 

Yeah, I wasn't sure how to test this, since the commit dates change with
each test run. Maybe it's the easy way out, but on the other hand it's
better than no test at all. Check the known parts with a regex?

Thanks,
Beat
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