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Re: Branches & directories

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Oct 2, 2011, 19:09 UTC
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Ronan Keryell <Ronan.Keryell@hpc-project.com> writes:
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>>>>>> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:57:55 +0200, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@gmail.com> said:
>
>     Robin> Hilco Wijbenga skrev 2011-08-22 22.10:
>     >> [...] I just wish there was at least an option to keep the
>     >> timestamp (and possibly other such things). Even Subversion can
>     >> do that... ;-) After all, not everybody uses C& make.

AFAIK, Subversion doesn't version timestamps. What it can do is to set the timestamp to the commit date at the time the file is checked-out.

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>     Robin> What tools do you use that need the benefits from retaining
>     Robin> timestamps?  The only one I can think of is clearmake, but
>     Robin> then that tool goes with another SCM. Eclipse, for example,
>     Robin> will be just as confused by timestamps that travel backwards
>     Robin> in time, as make is.
>
> I think of tools called "humans", very common indeed on Earth. :-)
For human beings, it's not really harder to run
  git log -1 file

than to look at the on-disk timestamp. And it continues working after you start modifying the file, so it's much less fragile than the filesystem timestamp.

But if you insist in reproducing SVN's "use-commit-times = yes" setting, it should be doable with a post-checkout hook.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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  2. Evan ShelhamerAug 17, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2011
  4. Hilco WijbengaAug 17, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederAug 18, 2011
  6. Hilco WijbengaAug 21, 2011
  7. Michael WittenAug 18, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberAug 18, 2011
  9. Michael WittenAug 18, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederAug 19, 2011
  11. Hilco WijbengaAug 21, 2011
  12. Michael WittenAug 21, 2011
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  14. Michael WittenAug 21, 2011
  15. Hilco WijbengaAug 21, 2011
  16. Michael WittenAug 22, 2011
  17. Hilco WijbengaAug 22, 2011
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  19. Michael WittenAug 22, 2011
  20. Hilco WijbengaAug 22, 2011
  21. Kyle MoffettAug 22, 2011
  22. Hilco WijbengaAug 22, 2011
  23. Kyle MoffettAug 22, 2011
  24. Hilco WijbengaAug 22, 2011
  25. Kyle MoffettAug 22, 2011
  26. Hilco WijbengaAug 22, 2011
  27. Restoring timestamps (Re: Branches & directories)Jonathan Nieder, Aug 22, 2011
  28. Hilco WijbengaAug 22, 2011
  29. Jonathan NiederAug 22, 2011
  30. Hilco WijbengaAug 23, 2011
  31. Hilco WijbengaAug 23, 2011
  32. Enrico WeigeltOct 2, 2011
  33. Hilco WijbengaOct 2, 2011
  34. Michael WittenAug 23, 2011
  35. Robin RosenbergOct 2, 2011
  36. Ronan KeryellOct 2, 2011
  37. Matthieu MoyOct 2, 2011
  38. Hilco WijbengaOct 2, 2011
  39. Hilco WijbengaOct 2, 2011
  40. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  41. Hilco WijbengaOct 3, 2011
  42. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  43. Matthieu MoyOct 3, 2011
  44. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  45. Matthieu MoyOct 3, 2011
  46. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  47. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2011
  48. Jeff KingOct 3, 2011
  49. Hilco WijbengaOct 3, 2011
  50. Robin RosenbergOct 3, 2011
  51. Hilco WijbengaOct 3, 2011
  52. Hilco WijbengaOct 2, 2011

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