Re: Git checkout preserve timestamp?

From: Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Date: Mar 5, 2007, 22:29 UTC
Message-ID: <17900.39399.480292.979137@lisa.zopyra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703052301160.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On Monday, March 5, 2007 at 23:02:04 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:

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>On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
>> Not because git wrote the file, but because git notices that content
>> changes, and writes the file (and timestamps it) "smartly".
>
>You know why you put that in quotes? I know. Because it is not smart to do 
>that.

The tone on this list is usually pretty civil, and I have benefited a lot from the discussions here, and greatly appreciate the effort put in by all concerned, but this sort of tone --- implying that I am stupid to even query about this --- is really not very helpful, and quite rude and childish.

Bill

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