git changes modification time of files
- by tanascius
In the GitFaq I can read, that
Git sets the current time as the timestamp on every file it modifies, but only those.
However, I tried this command sequence (EDIT: added complete command sequence)
$ git init test && cd test
Initialized empty Git repository in d:/test/.git/
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ touch filea fileb
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ git add .
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ git commit -m "first commit"
[master (root-commit) fcaf171] first commit
0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 filea
create mode 100644 fileb
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ ls -l > filea
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ touch fileb -t 200912301000
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ ls -l
total 1
-rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 132 Feb 12 18:36 filea
-rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 0 Dec 30 10:00 fileb
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ git status -a
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in filea
# On branch master
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in filea
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
# modified: filea
#
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ git checkout .
exxxxxxx@wxxxxxxx /d/test (master)
$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 0 Feb 12 18:36 filea
-rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 0 Feb 12 18:36 fileb
Now my question: Why did git change the timestamp of file fileb? I'd expect the timestamp to be unchanged.
Are my commands causing a problem?
Maybe it is possible to do something like a git checkout . --modified instead?
I am using git version 1.6.5.1.1367.gcd48 under mingw32/windows xp.
