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Den tors 28 mars 2024 kl 15:38 skrev Andrzej Przybył przez TortoiseSVN < tortoisesvn@googlegroups.com>: > Nice that you explained it. > However, believe me, in some cases knowing the date when certain files > were generated is very useful and even necessary. > For example, the date (and exact time!) of generating certain > firmware-type executable files for drivers. In such cases, this date (and > time) may be important for service purposes. > > Regards > Andrzej P. > > wtorek, 23 sierpnia 2022 o 23:15:51 UTC+2 Bruce C napisał(a): > >> Hi, >> >> Have you seen the discussion of a similar request on StackOverflow >> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8214120/how-do-i-sync-file-modification-dates-in-subversion>? >> It's from several years ago but I don't think things will have changed too >> much. >> >> - Short answer: no. >> - Longer answer: why would you want to? >> - Much longer answer: there may be convoluted ways to do so but very >> likely more effort than it's worth. >> >> When I started with version control, I also felt like this would be >> useful to maintain file modification date/times. This was based on >> something I'd seen in shipping files were the file time was selected to >> reflect the product version number. However, with much more experience I >> find that it isn't useful - for me, and, I suspect, most others. I now >> better understand why changing file date/times is usually not helpful, as >> described in the TortoiseSVN documentation >> <https://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-settings.html#tsvn-dug-settings-main>, >> in the section titled "Set file dates to the “last commit time”". >> >> Your message doesn't include specific details of the intended usage, so >> it's only possible to comment generally. Such generalities might be less >> helpful than you'd hoped. >> >> It's not clear, to me, why it would be a problem for there to be two >> files, in different folders, with the same content, even if the file >> date/times are different. Rather than using the modified date/time to >> compare files, it would seem better to use a diff tool to compare the file >> content directly. Many diff tools will allow two folders to be compared, >> including sub-folders, and all the contained files, or masked subset. >> Alternatively, if the deployment requires multiple checkouts of the files >> to different locations, the *Check For Modifications* option can be used >> to determine if any of the files have been edited locally, in each working >> copy (i.e. checkout). >> >> I suspect that I simply don't understand the required usage and that you >> likely already know this information and suggestions, described above. If >> that's the case, sorry. However, it's possible that you might be better to >> adapt your usage to fit the way Subversion works, rather than trying to >> adapt the tool to do something it doesn't easily do. >> >> Perhaps others might have better suggestions. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> On Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 16:50:40 UTC+1 kgn...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> When uploading a folder to the SVN server, is there any way to make >>> TortoiseSVN retain the original "modified date" of files and add a column >>> to show these original dates, in addition to the commit date? >>> >>> The original dates will provide some traceability when I am comparing >>> files on my local computer with those on the SVN server. Without the >>> original dates, the same file committed twice for use in different folders >>> will show different dates when, in fact, the contents of both files are >>> exactly the same. >>> >>> I will appreciate any help or advice. Thank you. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Kim-Gau >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TortoiseSVN" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tortoisesvn+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/e38f4658-0b8a-4016-aeb2-201a6a393897n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/e38f4658-0b8a-4016-aeb2-201a6a393897n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tortoisesvn+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/CAMHy98MYH9KrOywTHkd8Jxh1XvQg1pN4bfyyW%2BN%3Du1ic5Bdpyw%40mail.gmail.com.
