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Re: Modif timestamps of files in CVS repository
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Modif timestamps of files in CVS repository |
Date: |
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:39:00 -0500 (EST) |
Laurent CHARLES writes:
>
> We want to rewrite the revision time information within the *,v files, but
> not to change the date, only to change the way the date is displayed. This
> is because the old date format with 2 digits for the year crashes viewCVS,
> while it is ok if the year is written with 4 digits.
That is an exceedingly bad idea. It's not a question of "old" format
versus "new" format -- the RCS file format explicitly requires 2 digits
for years 1900 through 1999 and all digits for subsequent years (it does
not support years prior to 1900).
> My question was about the timestamp of the file itself, not the one within
> the file. Because doing the hack above changes the modification date of all
> the files, even those that has not changed since ages.
CVS doesn't care about the RCS file's timestamp.
-Larry Jones
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