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Re: git-cvsexportcommit and commit date

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MLMartin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
Date
Feb 1, 2008, 23:50 UTC
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Derek Mahar wrote:
> When committing a commit to CVS, does git-cvsexportcommit apply the Git 
> commit date to each new revision of every file in the CVS repository that 
> the commit touches?

It can't - CVS does not let you tell the server a commit timestamp. It'll be the server's notion of "now" - so pray NTPd is in place and running correctly.

git@vger CC'd as this is worth mentioning ;-)
cheers,
m
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  1. Martin LanghoffFeb 1, 2008

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