timestamp_t: a new data type for timestamps

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index cd522903eda51b3d829087bbdd8f9c60b469c39e..72c12173a1488981fee6c93912a3705fc363d94a 100644 (file)
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ extern char *gitdirname(char *);
 #define PRIo32 "o"
 #endif
 
+typedef unsigned long timestamp_t;
 #define PRItime "lu"
 #define parse_timestamp strtoul
+#define TIME_MAX ULONG_MAX
 
 #ifndef PATH_SEP
 #define PATH_SEP ':'