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dirstate: handle large dates and times with masking (issue2608) Dates and times that are outside the 31-bit signed range are now compared modulo 2^31. This should prevent it from behaving badly with very large files or corrupt dates while still having a high probability of detecting changes.
author Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
date Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:50:42 -0500
parents df5ecb813426
children 4b0fc75f9403
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