2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page
From: Tong Sun <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:16
Hi, Quick Q, is it possible to keep the original file time from the git server when checking out / cloning a local repo? When I did git clone git://git.remote... All my local git files are set to the check out time. Please help and CC me when replying. Thanks
From: Jakub Narebski <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:16
Tong Sun [off-list ref] writes:
Quick Q, is it possible to keep the original file time from the git server when checking out / cloning a local repo? When I did git clone git://git.remote... All my local git files are set to the check out time. Please help and CC me when replying.
Only with third-party extra tools such as Metastore (or etckeeper that uses it), or git-cache-meta (or IsiSetup), see https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Interfaces,_frontends,_and_tools Git itself doesn't store original file time, and with its intended use it would screw up mtime-based make rebuilding. HTH -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git