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@@ -293,7 +293,14 @@ 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
-variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value.
+variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value,
+and some sanity checks on the numeric values may also be performed.
+
+`raw-permissive`::
+ This is the same as `raw` except that no sanity checks on
+ the numeric epoch and local offset are performed. This can
+ be useful when trying to filter or import an existing history
+ with e.g. bogus timezone values.
`rfc2822`::
This is the standard email format as described by RFC 2822.