Re: pgsql: Remove outdated comments from the regression test files.

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> >> Remove outdated comments from the regression test files.
> >>
> >> Since 2004, int2 and int4 operators do detect overflow; this was fixed by
> >> commit 4171bb869f234281a13bb862d3b1e577bf336242.
> >>
> >> Extracted from a larger patch by Andres Freund.
>
> > I noticed with this commit that we are referencing pre-git-conversion
> > git branches, basically adding a dependency on git to our commit
> > messages. I don't see a problem with this, but did we ever reference
> > CVS details in CVS commits? I don't remember any.
>
> I've usually preferred to use a date, eg, "my patch of 2009-10-07",
> when referring to previous patches in commit messages. I think people
> have occasionally mentioned CVS revision IDs, but the folly of that
> should now be obvious. I agree that reference to a git hash is way
> way way too fragile and git-centric.

Who's going to be the first to say that being git-centric can't ever be
a bad thing? ;-)

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