preserving mtime

From: Fabrizio Pollastri <f.pollastri@inrim.it>
Date: Nov 16, 2007, 09:33 UTC
Message-ID: <473D63F9.4010201@inrim.it>

Hi all, is it possible to tell git to preserve the file modification time in a checked out copy? It is useful when managing web files, where mtime is tested by spiders for download decisions. Thank you, for any help.

-- Cheers, F. Pollastri

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