Re: [PATCH v2] fast-import: add new --date-format=raw-permissive format

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Elijah Newren wrote:

> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
>
> There are multiple repositories in the wild with random, invalid
> timezones.  Most notably is a commit from rails.git with a timezone of
> "+051800"[1].  A few searches will find other repos with that same
[...]
> Provide a --date-format=raw-permissive format that will not error out on
> these otherwise invalid timezones so that such existing repositories can
> be imported.
>
> [1] https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/4cf94979c9f4d6683c9338d694d5eb3106a4e734
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200521195513.GA1542632@coredump.intra.peff.net/
> [3] https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/issues/88

This could potentially go in a Bug: footer.

> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fast-import.c          | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  t/t9300-fast-import.sh | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Thanks.