提交 f842fdb0 编写于 作者: S Shawn O. Pearce

Correct some language in fast-import documentation.

Minor documentation improvements, as suggested on the Git mailing
list by Horst H. von Brand and Karl Hasselström.
Signed-off-by: NShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
上级 209f1298
......@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ If the local offset is not available in the source material, use
``+0000'', or the most common local offset. For example many
organizations have a CVS repository which has only ever been accessed
by users who are located in the same location and timezone. In this
case the offset from UTC can be easily assumed.
case a reasonable offset from UTC could be assumed.
+
Unlike the `rfc2822` format, this format is very strict. Any
variation in formatting will cause gfi to reject the value.
......@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ variation in formatting will cause gfi to reject the value.
This is the standard email format as described by RFC 2822.
+
An example value is ``Tue Feb 6 11:22:18 2007 -0500''. The Git
parser is accurate, but a little on the lenient side. Its the
parser is accurate, but a little on the lenient side. It is the
same parser used by gitlink:git-am[1] when applying patches
received from email.
+
......@@ -205,14 +205,15 @@ contained in an RFC 2822 date string is used to adjust the date
value to UTC prior to storage. Therefore it is important that
this information be as accurate as possible.
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If the source material is formatted in RFC 2822 style dates,
If the source material uses RFC 2822 style dates,
the frontend should let gfi handle the parsing and conversion
(rather than attempting to do it itself) as the Git parser has
been well tested in the wild.
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Frontends should prefer the `raw` format if the source material
is already in UNIX-epoch format, or is easily convertible to
that format, as there is no ambiguity in parsing.
already uses UNIX-epoch format, can be coaxed to give dates in that
format, or its format is easiliy convertible to it, as there is no
ambiguity in parsing.
`now`::
Always use the current time and timezone. The literal
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