Re: Git diff-file bug?

2012-10-03 Thread Drew Northup
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Scott Batchelor wrote: > Many thanks to all who have responded to my question. > I have found that something is, indeed, modifying the inodes for all > the files in my repository. Our systems administrator executes a > backup using "tar" with the "--atime-preserve"

Re: Git diff-file bug?

2012-10-03 Thread Scott Batchelor
Many thanks to all who have responded to my question. I have found that something is, indeed, modifying the inodes for all the files in my repository. Our systems administrator executes a backup using "tar" with the "--atime-preserve" flag. It is this flag that modifies the "changed time" in the in

Re: Git diff-file bug?

2012-09-28 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 07:55:10PM +0100, Scott Batchelor wrote: > I'm fairly new to git and am witnessing some strange behavior with git > that I suspect may be a bug. Can anyone set my mind at rest. It's not a bug. > Every so often (I've not quite figured out the exact set of > circumstances y

Re: Git diff-file bug?

2012-09-28 Thread Junio C Hamano
Scott Batchelor writes: > I'm fairly new to git and am witnessing some strange behavior with git > that I suspect may be a bug. Can anyone set my mind at rest. > > Every so often (I've not quite figured out the exact set of > circumstances yet) Figure that circumstances out. That is the key to