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Re: preserving mtime

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2007, 10:19 UTC
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Fabrizio Pollastri wrote:
> is it possible to tell git to preserve the file modification time in a 
> checked out copy? It is useful when managing web files, where mtime is 
> tested by spiders for download decisions.

I don't quite understand. When git checks out copy, or switch branches, or resets it does update only files which changed.

Git does not store mtime of files in tree object.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. Fabrizio PollastriNov 16, 2007
  2. Andreas EricssonNov 16, 2007
  3. Wayne DavisonNov 17, 2007
  4. Mike HommeyNov 18, 2007
  5. Martin LanghoffNov 18, 2007
  6. David BrownNov 18, 2007
  7. Martin LanghoffNov 18, 2007
  8. David BrownNov 18, 2007
  9. Jan HudecNov 18, 2007
  10. Robin RosenbergNov 18, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 19, 2007
  12. Jakub NarebskiNov 16, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2007
  14. Erik WarendorphNov 16, 2007

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