On Nov 13, 2007, at 09:01, ANDREW.LUCAS@L-3Com.com wrote:
> Is there a way to keep the date/timestamp associated with files in the
> windows environment when initially setting up a new subversion
> repository?
>
> It seems to use the current date and time versus the date and time of
> the file?
>
> Could this just be our older version mix of the tools?
>
> (svnserve, subversion 1.4.2, wxWidgets 2.6.3, rapidsvn 0.9.4)
Subversion does not store files' modification/creation date/time. It
only stores the commit time of the revision as a whole. When you
check this out again later, two behaviors are possible. The default
is that the modification date/time of all files is set to "now". The
other option is that the date/time of all files is set to their
commit time; to get this behavior, set "use-commit-times yes" in the
[miscellany] section of your ~/.subversion/config (or wherever the
equivalent file is on Windows, if you're using Windows).
To get the behavior you desire, you would have to import each file as
a separate revision, in chronological order, and then change the
svn:date property of each revision to match that file's modification
date. This would be rather tedious. You could write a script to
automate this. Maybe someone has already written such a script.
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Received on Tue Nov 13 22:43:44 2007