If the local offset is not available in the source material, use
``+0000'', or the most common local offset. For example many
organizations have a CVS repository which has only ever been accessed
-by users who are located in the same location and timezone. In this
+by users who are located in the same location and time zone. In this
case a reasonable offset from UTC could be assumed.
+
Unlike the `rfc2822` format, this format is very strict. Any
strings which Git will parse wrong, and yet consider valid.
Seriously malformed strings will be rejected.
+
-Unlike the `raw` format above, the timezone/UTC offset information
+Unlike the `raw` format above, the time zone/UTC offset information
contained in an RFC 2822 date string is used to adjust the date
value to UTC prior to storage. Therefore it is important that
this information be as accurate as possible.
ambiguity in parsing.
`now`::
- Always use the current time and timezone. The literal
+ Always use the current time and time zone. The literal
`now` must always be supplied for `<when>`.
+
-This is a toy format. The current time and timezone of this system
+This is a toy format. The current time and time zone of this system
is always copied into the identity string at the time it is being
created by fast-import. There is no way to specify a different time or
-timezone.
+time zone.
+
This particular format is supplied as it's short to implement and
may be useful to a process that wants to create a new commit
`--cat-blob-fd` or `stdout` if unspecified.
`feature`::
- Require that fast-import supports the specified feature, or
- abort if it does not.
+ Enable the specified feature. This requires that fast-import
+ supports the specified feature, and aborts if it does not.
`option`::
Specify any of the options listed under OPTIONS that do not