From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: git check out file time Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Tong Sun X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Aug 07 15:46:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhjjJ-0002JL-2n for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:46:29 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762670Ab0HGNqX (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Aug 2010 09:46:23 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:33051 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753213Ab0HGNqW (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Aug 2010 09:46:22 -0400 Received: by fxm14 with SMTP id 14so4338069fxm.19 for ; Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:46:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=GJAJCkr4dYHzPfGXk2MX7bJf1aXNuRGRqn7igOMywwE=; b=UsKql/65I0QzLTlonwW9GVAv3VD8DR0hIALSuFYDty8QYRO/rCvhg8j2qNm9ysrF9g Yy2y14+jNWW2pVL5nhGFrEpAu280UDjgxBsB/nY49ciU/JFwrEJX10nlLg3mgrlEg3wP x83c3CeJuP65HcSPwVNJxMXRU1Sz5JSqsj5qA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=OdI/U1RcdTdvFXXFD5g6B7nvn8rXvSq3w1QKDw6wMaKRaVotvKFK+QyU2m4pn+CdXF YhNchk864YchbZ5NR1d+WmuiuaGaeGH7v2ExfbQTTczWZxcsMix4NclNkK41+vmyFhA2 560qPtYMFr1iyuUcY2pZeQKv8S04O0RjXb1Y0= Received: by 10.223.113.65 with SMTP id z1mr14285054fap.38.1281188781110; Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (abwi49.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.8.232.49]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r5sm1044160faq.8.2010.08.07.06.46.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id o77DjlFZ004814; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:45:58 +0200 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id o77DjYX4004807; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 15:45:34 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Tong Sun 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