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Re: mtimes of working files

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 11, 2007, 18:42 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707111940080.4516@racer.site>
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Hi list,
> > > How difficult is it to have script (or maybe existing git option) 
> > > that would make mtimes of all working files equal to time of last 
> > > commit ?

Now I slowly get really curious. Does _anybody_ know a scenario where this makes sense?

(No, Eric, there are enough corner cases where your example of a clustered webserver breaks down, so I am not fully convinced that this is a useful case.)

Anybody enlighten me?

Ciao, Dscho

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