Re: svn does not detect file recodings as changes

On 2007-02-19 06:28:21 +0100, Lukas Reck wrote:
> So as I understand it, it is not exactly svn's fault, but recode
> messing with mtime.

It's both. But I'd say that it's more svn's fault since changing the
mtime is not forbidden and there may be good reasons to change it.
Only the ctime can't be changed by the user and can be regarded as
reliable.

> Still I think that the documentation should state explicitly that
> subversion looks at file mtimes before actually examining file
> contents, and warn about tools like recode (and mv, but I think
> you're supposed to svn mv anyway) that do not handle mtime
> according to svn's expectations.

There are cases where one may prefer mv (and when one must use mv).
There's also the "patch" command (with -T or -Z) for instance.

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