From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:11:15 GMT
Subject: Re: git and mtime
Message-ID: <86iqqizgng.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081120112708.GC22787@ravenclaw.codelibre.net>

>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> writes:

Roger> Except in this case I'm storing the content of *tarballs* (along with
Roger> pristine-tar).  I'm committing exactly what's in the tarball with
Roger> no changes (this is a requirement).  I can't change the source prior
Roger> to commit.

If you're not doing distributed source code development, why are you using
git?  It's hard to be angry at a screwdriver for not pounding in nails
properly.

Sounds like you want rsync or something.

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