parse_date(): allow ancient git-timestamp

diff --git a/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir
index c6e154a84fb5bdd4ed456ac3fdf94c54466fc5f0..75e8b258177f7f04dadcac125f2bf7ebea4d0f81 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir
+++ b/contrib/workdir/git-new-workdir
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ branch=$3
 # want to make sure that what is pointed to has a .git directory ...
 git_dir=$(cd "$orig_git" 2>/dev/null &&
   git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) ||
-  die "\"$orig_git\" is not a git repository!"
+  die "Not a git repository: \"$orig_git\""
 
 case "$git_dir" in
 .git)
@@ -42,22 +42,28 @@ then
 fi
 
 # don't link to a workdir
-if test -L "$git_dir/config"
+if test -h "$git_dir/config"
 then
        die "\"$orig_git\" is a working directory only, please specify" \
                "a complete repository."
 fi
 
-# make sure the the links use full paths
+# don't recreate a workdir over an existing repository
+if test -e "$new_workdir"
+then
+       die "destination directory '$new_workdir' already exists."
+fi
+
+# make sure the links use full paths
 git_dir=$(cd "$git_dir"; pwd)
 
 # create the workdir
 mkdir -p "$new_workdir/.git" || die "unable to create \"$new_workdir\"!"
 
-# create the links to the original repo.  explictly exclude index, HEAD and
+# create the links to the original repo.  explicitly exclude index, HEAD and
 # logs/HEAD from the list since they are purely related to the current working
 # directory, and should not be shared.
-for x in config refs logs/refs objects info hooks packed-refs remotes rr-cache
+for x in config refs logs/refs objects info hooks packed-refs remotes rr-cache svn
 do
        case $x in
        */*)