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Re: Set file dates to last commit option

From: Peter McNab <mcnab_p_at_melbpc.org.au>
Date: 2006-03-16 15:51:20 CET

Simon Large wrote:
> Mark Phippard wrote:
>> "Steve Williams" <stevewilliams@kromestudios.com> wrote on 03/16/2006
>> 08:40:52 AM:
>>
>>> Is the 'Set files dates to last commit' a SVN function or a TSVN
>>> enhancement? One of the devs at work wants everyone to have that
>>> option
>>> enabled, and I'm trying to 1) find out how to do that, and 2) find out
>> why
>>> he wants to do that. This message is part of answering #1 in an effort
>> to
>>> persuade him that it should not be required to have everyone enable
>>> that
>>> option. But I do work with some very stubborn devs who need a very
>>> good
>>> argument for them to compromise a bit on what they think they need.
>>
>> It is an SVN function. It has to be configured on each PC.
>>
>> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.html#svn.advanced.confarea.opts.config
>>
>>
>> See the use-commit-times property.
>
> Even easier, it's in the TSVN general settings page.
>
> As to why you should not use it, if you are using for program source
> code, you can get inconsistent build results. If you make changes,
> build, then revert your changes, the source goes back to an older date
> than the object, so the build process will assume there is no need to
> recompile.
>
> Simon

Doing a build in Delphi handles that.
Easy to keep all the intermediate files in one directory and kill them,
forcing a fresh compile anyway.

Peter

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