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[bug #60654] mdate.pl should use git modification times if possible
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[bug #60654] mdate.pl should use git modification times if possible |
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Date: |
Sun, 23 May 2021 03:20:57 -0400 (EDT) |
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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #60654 (project groff):
[comment #2 comment #2:]
> [comment #1 comment #1:]
> > Here's what I'm using for the time being, pretty much cribbed from
StackOverflow.
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> This unconditionally sets the date on the file, even if it has local changes
more recent than what's in git. Is that the desired behavior?
Nope. I reckon a proper date-re-setting function/script should check that.
Having just done a nine-step one, I'll observe that a common scenario that
tends to wreak havoc on file mtimes, at least for active groff developers, is
"git bisect".
This is possibly something we should document in the FOR-RELEASE file.
Misleading time stamps will do the most damage in generation of a distribution
archive--assuming most downstreams still work from those.
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