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Re: Consist timestamps within a checkout/clone

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Oct 31, 2022, 20:17 UTC
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On Okt 31 2022, Mark Hills wrote:
> It's entirely possible there's _never_ a guarantee of consistency here.

I don't think the order in which git writes the individual files is defined in any way. Thus depending on the precision of the time stamps in the file system whether a file ends up newer than another one may vary each time due to timing differences.

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