Re: [GSoC PATCH v3 2/5] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack

[Lorenzo Pegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 07:01:18PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Lorenzo Pegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 01:22:16AM +0800, Tian Yuchen wrote:
> >> On 4/6/26 08:24, LorenzoPegorari wrote:
> >> > +
> >> > +			/* If <time> doesn't exist, retrieve it and add it to line */
> >> > +			if (!parts[2]) {
> >> > +				struct tm tm;
> >> > +				localtime_r(&source_stat.st_mtim.tv_sec, &tm),
> >> 
> >> Typo.
> >
> > Ack.
> 
> Not just an unintended use of comma operator, this is not portable
> and breaks OSX build
> 
>   https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/24058681172/job/70170218891#step:4:213

Yeah, I was shocked that it compiled at all on my system with no issue
whatsoever.

> >> > +				strbuf_addch(&line, ' ');
> >> > +				strbuf_addftime(&line, "%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S", &tm, 0, 0);
> 
> I suspect that storing seconds since epoch as a large integer would
> be simpler and much less error prone than storing localtime in
> textual form without even recording the timezone.

Yeah, maybe for this kinda specific debugging info being less error
prone is more important then "looking good". Will do that.

Thanks,
Lorenzo