Re: Could timestamps be replaced with MD5?

[Lee Cantey]

>>>>> On Tue Apr 11, Mitch writes:

> My suggestion is, instead of storing the timestamp in CVS/Entries,
> the CVS client stores the MD5 of the file.  And the up-to-date check
> performs an MD5 of the file.  If they don't match, the CVS client
> knows beyond all doubt that the file has changed, and can contact
> the CVS server.

I think this a very good idea, in fact a co-worker and I did this very
thing (actually used both a timestamp and an MD5) in a mini CVS clone
that we did a few years back on Windows.  It can save an incredible
amount of traffic.

Lee.