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Re: [PATCH] Add "--expire <time>" option to 'git prune'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2007, 20:06 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> The implementation uses st.st_mtime rather than st.st_ctime,
> because it can be tested better, using 'touch -d <time>' (and
> omitting the test when the platform does not support that
> command line switch).

But I think you can use more portable -t for setting mtime to 1970/01/01, but I had a feeling that earlier we were bitten by non-portability of "touch" and introduced test-chmtime.

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  2. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2007
  3. Johannes SixtNov 18, 2007
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  5. Teach repack to optionally retain otherwise lost objectsJohannes Schindelin, Nov 29, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinNov 29, 2007
  8. Add "--expire <time>" option to 'git prune'Johannes Schindelin, Nov 29, 2007
  9. Johannes SixtNov 29, 2007
  10. Add "--expire <time>" option to 'git prune'Johannes Schindelin, Nov 29, 2007
  11. Jeff KingNov 29, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 29, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2007
  14. Add "--expire <time>" option to 'git prune'Johannes Schindelin, Nov 29, 2007

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