From: Bill Lear Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:29:59 GMT Subject: Re: Git checkout preserve timestamp? Message-ID: <17900.39399.480292.979137@lisa.zopyra.com> In-Reply-To: On Monday, March 5, 2007 at 23:02:04 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes: >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