Re: Git should preserve modification times at least on request
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- Peter Backes <rtc@helen.plasma.xg8.de>
- Date
- Feb 19, 2018, 22:08 UTC
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- <20180219220819.GA10466@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE>
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Hi Johannes,
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:58:12PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Since you already assessed that it shouldn't be hard to do, you probably > want to put your money where your mouth is and come up with a patch, and > then offer it up for discussion on this here mailing list.
Well, it would be good to discuss this a bit beforehand, since my time is wasted if there's no chance to get it accepted. Perhaps there is some counterargument I don't know about.
Is there some existing code that could be used? I think I read somewhere that git once did preserve mtimes, but that this code was removed because of the build tool issues. Perhaps that code could simply be put back in, and surrounded by conditions.
Best wishes Peter
PS: Given the opportunity, I want to thank you very much for maintaining the git repository for my cvsclone tool.
-- Peter Backes, rtc@helen.PLASMA.Xg8.DE