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From: Matthew L Foster <mfoster167@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: git and time
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--- Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> what exactly are you trying to achieve here? 

Timestamps not being all over the place in gitweb.cgi. 

> If you really want to understand why git does not rely on timestamps, and 
> why it should not, and why you can still be happy nevertheless, there are 
> enough answers in this thread.

I agree and understand that distributed git should not and does not rely on timestamps, I am just
suggesting that it might be worthwhile to _locally_ track local commit time more efficiently for
local use in things like gitweb.cgi. 

-Matt

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