From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:45:11 GMT
Subject: Re: preserving mtime
Message-ID: <20071118084511.GC16863@glandium.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071117182236.GD23659@blorf.net>

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 10:22:36AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:15:34AM +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> >> is it possible to tell git to preserve the file modification time in
> >> a checked out copy?
> 
> > Fabrizio Pollastri wrote:
> > No. Doing so would seriously break build-systems.
> 
> I wish that the initial clone would set the modification time to the
> commit time.  It would make the intial checkout have a more accurate
> representation of when a file was last changed instead of all files
> being set to the clone date.  Then, files that are being updated would
> get their time set as they do now.  I supposed I'll just use the handy
> git-set-file-times script (mentioned in another reply) every time I do
> a clone.

For completeness, it would make sense to do so every time you git
checkout (like, when switching branches).

Mike