This adds --date=human, which skips the timezone if it matches the
current time-zone, and doesn't print the whole date if that matches (ie
skip printing year for dates that are "this year", but also skip the
whole date itself if it's in the last few days and we can just say what
weekday it was).

For really recent dates (same day), use the relative date stamp, while
for old dates (year doesn't match), don't bother with time and timezone.

Also add 'auto' date mode, which defaults to human if we're using the
pager.  So you can do

	git config --add log.date auto

and your "git log" commands will show the human-legible format unless
you're scripting things.

Note that this time format still shows the timezone for recent enough
events (but not so recent that they show up as relative dates).  You can
combine it with the "-local" suffix to never show timezones for an even
more simplified view.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

In addition to adding the 'human' format, the patch added the auto
keyword which could be used in the config file as an alternate way to
specify the human format.  Removing 'auto' cleans up the 'human'
format interface.

Added the ability to specify mode 'foo' if the pager is being used by
using auto:foo syntax.  Therefore, 'auto:human' date mode defaults to
human if we're using the pager.  So you can do

	git config --add log.date auto:human

and your "git log" commands will show the human-legible format unless
you're scripting things.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Display date and time information in a format similar to how people
write dates in other contexts. If the year isn't specified then, the
reader infers the date is given is in the current year.

By not displaying the redundant information, the reader concentrates
on the information that is different. The patch reports relative dates
based on information inferred from the date on the machine running the
git command at the time the command is executed.

While the format is more useful to humans by dropping inferred
information, there is nothing that makes it actually human. If the
'relative' date format wasn't already implemented then using
'relative' would have been appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Add the human format support to the test tool so that
GIT_TEST_DATE_NOW can be used to specify the current time.

The get_time() helper function was created and and checks the
GIT_TEST_DATE_NOW environment variable.  If GIT_TEST_DATE_NOW is set,
then that date is used instead of the date returned by by
gettimeofday().

All calls to gettimeofday() were replaced by calls to get_time().

Renamed occurances of TEST_DATE_NOW to GIT_TEST_DATE_NOW since the
variable is now used in the get binary and not just in the test-tool.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

When using `human` several fields are suppressed depending on the time
difference between the reference date and the local computer date. In
cases where the difference is less than a year, the year field is
supppressed. If the time is less than a day; the month and year is
suppressed.

Use TEST_DATE_NOW environment variable when using the test-tool to
hold the expected output strings constant.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>