Re: Git checkout preserve timestamp?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 5, 2007, 19:16 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703052014020.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <17900.27067.247950.419438@lisa.zopyra.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Bill Lear wrote:

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> On Monday, March 5, 2007 at 12:32:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:
>
> >On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Karl Hasselström wrote:
> >
> >> On 2007-03-02 20:21:17 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Karl Hasselström wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > However, given that your file timestamps have been bumped (without
> >> > > file content changes),
> >> >
> >> > There were changes. Only that they have been taken back, but that is
> >> > _another_ change.
> >> 
> >> Since the content is exactly the same as before, I'd be of the strong
> >> opinion that nothing has changed as far as the make system should be
> >> concerned.
> >
> >You are missing an important point here: there _was_ a change.
> 
> Physically, yes, the bits were changed,

Yeah, I know people, who would like to change laws of physics, too.

> but logically nothing has changed, at least in the scenario I outlined.

But it could! Even in the scenario you outlined. If somebody (might be even you yourself) pushes into your repo, under the name of the branch to which you switch back to right after that. Bingo. Files changed.

See? That is what happens if you don't fix things the right way, you keep getting problems. Yes, you can solve them in another tacky way, but you'll only get different problems, then.

Ciao, Dscho