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Re: timestamps not git-cloned

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 28, 2008, 13:20 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0811281418530.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<200811281358.24592.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Hi,
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> I recommend every new Git user to scan the FAQ. It's not just clone,
> it's in everything git does in the file system. There is a very good 
> reason git behaves this way in general, although clone could be
> exception, but then we would have a ton of questions about that
> inconsistency.

No, clone cannot be an exception. The information is just not stored, and for a good reason: a file's timestamp is nothing you want to commit in source code management. It just does not make sense at all.

Ciao, Dscho

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  2. dhruvaNov 28, 2008
  3. jidanni@jidanni.orgNov 28, 2008
  4. Daniel BarkalowNov 28, 2008
  5. Chris FreyNov 29, 2008
  6. Stephen R. van den BergNov 29, 2008
  7. Thomas RastNov 29, 2008
  8. jidanni@jidanni.orgNov 30, 2008
  9. Andreas EricssonDec 1, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiDec 1, 2008
  11. Sitaram ChamartyNov 30, 2008
  12. David BrownNov 28, 2008
  13. Peter KreftingNov 28, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2008
  15. Robin RosenbergNov 28, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2008

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