regan-sarwas
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3 years ago Regarding item 2, There will be lots of dates in the file earlier than the previous change date, and that is not an error. File scanning stops when we find a date earlier than the most recent change date (Change log is assumed to be in order with newest changes on top). We only scan the change log if the modification date is greater than the most recent change date. Therefore, it is an error if we do not find a valid date newer than the previous change date.
Add additional change log date checking while processing logs 1) Log an error instead of accepting a change log date in the future 2) Log an error instead of ignoring a change log date earlier than previous change date 3) Log an error instead of doing a string compare if the value in the change log is not a date.