Noel L Yap wrote:
>
> >> 4. I completely missed something in my analysis.
> >
> >You have. The MD5 is a "client-side" thing. It is only
> >meant to enhance the file-modified "condition" of a file.
> >Think "accurate timestamp".
>
> Yeah, that's right! (How'd I miss it before).
> All the client would have to do is compute the MD5 for each
> file upon checkout and store it in CVS/Entries.
Yes! Yes yes yes!
The idea is so simple I am surprised it hadn't been done before.
It's not a new idea, it's number 193 in the CVS TODO.
Now I just gotta code it!
Regards,
Mitch.
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