From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:51:03 GMT
Subject: Re: git reset and ctime
Message-ID: <20101206175102.GC6272@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <1291657037.30271.17.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu>

Drew Northup wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 18:51 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> Interesting.  Setting "[core] trustctime = false" in the repository
>> configuration could be a good solution (no performance downside I can
>> think of).
>
> It is worth noting that many file-based backup systems which do "online"
> backups (such as in use where I work) restore the atime by default at
> the expense of the ctime (logic being that the atime may have had value
> and the ctime changes either way--which may or may not be true) on unix
> style filesystems.

So have you tried putting "[core] trustctime = false" in /etc/gitconfig?
This is exactly what the setting is for, after all.

Ideas for making this easier to find (FAQ on the git wiki?  advice from
porcelain when ctime-only changes happen?) would be welcome, of course.