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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] diff: make "too many files" rename warning optional
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 13:02:09 -0400
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On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 09:59:55AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> However, there a number of other warnings that can get printed on
> stderr, many of them related to reflogs. So I suspect with some reflog
> conditions (like a reflog that only goes back 1 day) you could end up
> with a tcl error for "gitk HEAD@{2.days.ago}".

Indeed, I tested this:

  $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
  $ cd git
  $ sleep 10
  $ gitk HEAD@{10.seconds.ago} ;# works fine
  $ gitk HEAD@{10.minutes.ago} ;# barfs due to warning

-Peff