Re: Git checkout preserve timestamp?

From: Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Date: Mar 5, 2007, 19:04 UTC
Message-ID: <17900.27067.247950.419438@lisa.zopyra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703051230390.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Monday, March 5, 2007 at 12:32:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:

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>Hi,
>
>On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Karl Hasselström wrote:
>
>> On 2007-03-02 20:21:17 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> 
>> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Karl Hasselström wrote:
>> >
>> > > However, given that your file timestamps have been bumped (without
>> > > file content changes),
>> >
>> > There were changes. Only that they have been taken back, but that is
>> > _another_ change.
>> 
>> Since the content is exactly the same as before, I'd be of the strong
>> opinion that nothing has changed as far as the make system should be
>> concerned.
>
>You are missing an important point here: there _was_ a change.

Physically, yes, the bits were changed, but logically nothing has changed, at least in the scenario I outlined.

Bill