Re: svn doesn't report modified file when timestamp has not changed

On 7/13/06, Vincent Lefevre <vincent+svn@vinc17.org> wrote:
> Subversion assumes that if the mtime value has not changed, then the
> file of a working copy has not changed.

Yes, this is a deliberate choice. Both CVS and Subversion examine
current mtime, and compare it to a previously-recorded mtime to decide
if further investigation (filesize comparison, brute-force comparison)
is necessary. If CVS and Subversion didn't have this algorithm, then
commands which scan the working copy (like 'svn status' and 'svn
commit') would be orders of magnitude slower.

> For instance, the commands "recode" and "mv" don't change the
> mtime by default

Don't do that. Use 'svn mv', not 'mv'.

> This is a rather nasty bug, as some changes may remain unnoticed,
> and therefore, they may be lost.

I don't understand, can you elaborate? Where's the risk of data loss?

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Received on Sat Jul 15 16:09:59 2006