Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Mar 25, 2007, at 13:21, Aryeh Leib Taurog wrote:
>
>> Then I heard from the client. They *must* have the original mtimes
>> (for files I don't modify, obviously).
>
> If you want to store modification times of each file, I see two options.
> One, you can commit each file as a separate revision, then set the
> svn:date property of the just-committed revision to match what the mtime
> of the file was. Repeat for all files.
>
> Or two, you can attach a new property (e.g. x-mtime) to each time. Set
> that property to the actual modification time of the file. Perhaps
> invent a script which handles the commit, by attaching the property and
> then calling svn ci. Invent another script to replace svn checkout,
> which checks out, and then also sets the actual mtimes of the files as
> per the contents of the new property.
I've been playing with these two options for the last two months, but
don't have what I consider to be a satisfactory solution. Either way
I end up with something clumsy, slow, or both. I think the only
viable way to do this would be to modify svn itself to maintain the
mtime property. It's a pity it hasn't been done yet.
For anyone who's curious, I've put the gory details of my struggle,
along with all my scripts, at http://www.aryehleib.com/svn/svn.html
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Received on Tue May 29 23:51:30 2007