Re: Git checkout preserve timestamp?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 5, 2007, 22:02 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703052301160.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <17900.36569.805689.922989@lisa.zopyra.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Bill Lear wrote:

> Not because git wrote the file, but because git notices that content
> changes, and writes the file (and timestamps it) "smartly".

You know why you put that in quotes? I know. Because it is not smart to do that.

Ciao, Dscho

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