Re: Could timestamps be replaced with MD5?

[Mitch Davis]

Noel L Yap wrote:
> 
> 3. The client computes the local file's MD5 (taking into
> consideration line endings for ASCII files).  The server does
> the same computation and sends it over to the client so it can be
> compared.

After I've finished the up-to-date timestamp/MD5 stuff, I have
in mind another improvement that will require the client
to be able to ask the server for the MD5 of any given revision
of any file.

Stay tuned!

Regards,

Mitch.
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