From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:20:55 GMT
Subject: Re: timestamps not git-cloned
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0811281418530.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200811281358.24592.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Hi,

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008, Robin Rosenberg wrote:

> 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