Re: TSVN not detecting my file as changed.

Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote on 21.02.2008 17:29:41:

> > I still doubt it is checking *only* modification dates. How do you
> > explain this behavior: I take a text file that is checked into SVN and
I
> > force the modification date to change to a newer date, however the
> > contents haven't changed. TortoiseSVN will not report the file as
changed.
>
> 1) has the modification date changed?
> 2) if yes, then compare the file contents

IIRC, it will also check for different file size.

> 3) stop at the first byte that differs, mark the file as modified
> 4) if no byte differs, mark the file as not-modified

-- Stefan^2.

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