Re: On git 1.6 (novice's opinion)

From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 27, 2009, 12:24 UTC
Message-ID: <37fcd2780903270524x1987a622wb9e693be41fc02c4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <49CC8C90.12268.242CEFCE@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> wrote:

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> 1) The ability to use the file's time at the time of add/commit instead of the
> current time, and the ability tho check outfiles with the times stored in the
> repository.

To check out with the times stored in repository is a a bad idea, because it will screw up 'make'.

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> 2) Keyword substitution. I know it's controverse (dealing with binary files),
> but I'd like to have some automatic version numbering keyword at least:
> Initial idea is that every commit with a change increments the number by one,
> and when merging numbers a and b, the resulting number is max(a, b) + 1.

I am not sure what you want to achieve by having this number. Also, take a look at "git describe", it may be close to what you want (or may be not).

Dmitry