Re: svn does not detect file recodings as changes

2007/2/19, Vincent Lefevre <vincent+svn@vinc17.org>:
> 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.

So what is the rationale for not using max(mtime,cime) on POSIX(ish?)
systems instead of the mtime? And even if there is one, why is this
not documented?

-- 
Regards, Lukas Reck
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