# Re: git-cvsexportcommit and commit date

1 messages from 2008-02-01 to 2008-02-01. Participants: Martin Langhoff.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11818

## Martin Langhoff, 2008-02-01 23:50

Subject: Re: git-cvsexportcommit and commit date
Message-ID: <47A3B055.2010804@catalyst.net.nz>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/47A3B055.2010804%40catalyst.net.nz
In-Reply-To: <OFEEDE9683.291E2C34-ON852573E2.00555C6A-852573E2.0055C505@db.com>

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Derek Mahar wrote:
> When committing a commit to CVS, does git-cvsexportcommit apply the Git 
> commit date to each new revision of every file in the CVS repository that 
> the commit touches?

It can't - CVS does not let you tell the server a commit timestamp.
It'll be the server's notion of "now" - so pray NTPd is in place and
running correctly.

git@vger CC'd as this is worth mentioning ;-)

cheers,


m

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