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--- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

> This must be a trick question.  git does not trust _any_
> timestamp, so there is no local "rather than" remote.

I actually understand that and agree. All I've been saying is it (git or gitweb.cgi) should prefer
the local timestamp rather than any "remote" timestamps for no other reason than to minimize the
possibility of timestamps being grossly inaccurate.

-Matt

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