On Aug 30, 2006, at 14:43, Gale, David wrote:
>> The problem with that is obviously the initial import: If I'm
>> importing a project that's been developed without version control
>> over the past two years, I don't suddenly want all of the files in
>> the project to have today's (or any other) modification date. I want
>> each file to remember the date on which that file was modified. As
>> has been explained by others, this is useful information.
>
> Importing files doesn't change the modification time. Do an in-place
> import, and you'll have a working copy with all of your precious old
> modification dates intact; the mod dates will only be touched when you
> actually modify the file (or update a file that someone else has
> modified).
Well, yes, but that applies only to that one local working copy. As
soon as I check out a new working copy, or if someone else checks out
a working copy, they don't see the original dates. They see either
the current date or the import date, depending on whether they're
using use-commit-times or not. I want the original modification dates
preserved in the repository where they belong. Through use-commit-
times or a similar option, users would still be free to select
whether they want their working copies created with this additional
metadata or not.
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Received on Wed Aug 30 15:50:44 2006