On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:12:25AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> >> Cool! Thanks for working on this.
> >
> > Well, I had to. Git for Windows v2.9.1 needs to get released, and I won't
> > do that with a failing test suite.
> 
> Let's do 2.9.2 together, as this is not limited to GfW.
> 
> Taking Peff's suggestions into account, perhaps like the attached?

It looks good to me.

> It wasn't readily apparent to me why 2038 check worked, so I added a
> short paragraph at the end, but those who know the test helper well
> enough may find it redundant, in which case I am fine with removing
> it.

Definitely keep that paragraph. I am quite familiar with the test
helper and it was not the outcome I initially expected.

> +test_lazy_prereq 64BIT_TIME '
> +     case "$(test-date show:iso 9999999999)" in
> +     *" -> 2038-"*)
> +             # on this platform, unsigned long is 32-bit, i.e. not large 
> enough
> +             false

I see you tightened up the match a little. TBH, I think we could
probably just match the whole output string, but I doubt there's much
chance of a false positive either way.

-Peff
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