Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [newbie] Is it possible to put in a source file the date of last tree commit?

[Brian May]

>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Duffy <address@hidden> writes:

[ good points omitted about hard link optimisations, etc ]

    Charles> requires touching files which would be otherwise
    Charles> completely untouched (making a one-file tla update touch
    Charles> every other file in the repository).

hmmm... not sure of this one.

Subversion has a "last-modified" tag for instance, which is only
"updated" when the file has changed. This is distinct to the when the
last changeset was committed, as committing a changeset has no effect
if the file wasn't modified.

So, a one-file "tla update" (or "tla commit") wouldn't have to touch
the other files.

It would need to work out which changeset modified the file most
recently, not sure how easy this is.
-- 
Brian May <address@hidden>