From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Everyone, please stop making my life more difficult Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:44:24 +0700 Message-ID: References: <20140912043652.4D6D8380604@snark.thyrsus.com> <83zje56ymd.fsf@gnu.org> <20140912083430.GA32586@thyrsus.com> <87mwa59i1r.fsf@igel.home> <87ioksx5v8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410533103 1269 80.91.229.3 (12 Sep 2014 14:45:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 12 16:44:56 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XSS5o-000718-6r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:44:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45506 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XSS5n-0002Fb-Sn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:44:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XSS5R-00026C-Dj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:44:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XSS5N-0000Oc-PO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:44:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22a]:42514) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XSS5N-0000LT-KT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:44:29 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f170.google.com with SMTP id l13so792731iga.5 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:44:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:cc:content-type; bh=RK2FFdrfA6BuIv8nk0M5C8IQsmc3LcRzBDK5TDMxVWE=; b=Yfx0UqNsoOm1SQHLXMt2EuccpmMmn6Ox1vYKKQzygMGXDt5O6YnhuaPgUYFmFr9JrK p3UQp2M4cFX6HMsJqsWvXqG+iKR/hRM5Ogvsp25XFx0+S2O4XPEI6x38Uuwx0+RXOldi lOkq+nSIN8yBcKGKicjt+tzzSfxj/sO1YMoog3symsR8YMVmMCckNq+Dv9bvN3XGU/hq SifSLFdGmgbXrstBAZcxTHvCnmMBY3mgBAZJvRmMAiBozoRN2e8uIf3Zk6cmDprkNeUT lvWcbIAhtgS45/FyosLiJGphYhwQjYd9R8nDrnT+etLrL/Q/yApXTO0Uz5f6bWlhm6Va jvBQ== X-Received: by 10.50.7.100 with SMTP id i4mr2868068iga.32.1410533065058; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:44:25 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.107.164.194 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:44:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ioksx5v8.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: DE_O4NUyYUaGawQOObWAgVzTTdE X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22a X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174221 Archived-At: On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:36 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > If the commit timestamp were anything but "tomorrow" it would be a bug. > The whole point of a commit timestamp is to track who created a commit > when. Since a rebase creates commits, obviously the commit timestamp > will correspond to the time of the rebase, and the commit author will > correspond to the person doing the rebase. > > Which is exactly why using "commit author/timestamp" is not going to cut > it as a unique identifier when rebases come into play. Neither does author/timestamp uniquely identify a commit in a rebaseful commit graph. But at least the commits having the same author/timestamp all conceptually represent the same change.