Change invalid date value var name to a more apt one

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/internal/git/helper.go b/internal/git/helper.go
index 2a1443316..dc755f437 100644
--- a/internal/git/helper.go
+++ b/internal/git/helper.go
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 	pb "gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly-proto/go"
 )
 
-// Maximum time value possible. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/32620397
-var maxTimeValue = time.Unix(1<<63-62135596801, 999999999)
+// FallbackTimeValue is the value returned by `SafeTimeParse` in case it
+// encounters a parse error. It's the maximum time value possible in golang.
+// See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/556#note_40289573
+var FallbackTimeValue = time.Unix(1<<63-62135596801, 999999999)
 
 // ValidateRevision checks if a revision looks valid
 func ValidateRevision(revision []byte) error {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ func ValidateRevision(revision []byte) error {
 func SafeTimeParse(timeStr string) time.Time {
 	t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, timeStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return maxTimeValue
+		return FallbackTimeValue
 	}
 
 	return t