Re: svn does not detect file recodings as changes

Lukas Reck wrote:
> 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?

Ctime can never be less than mtime on anything resembling posix behavior.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@gmail.com
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