Questions about timestamps

[Talden]

>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have some question about timestamps of the commited files
>>
>> - Are the true (from OS) timestamps, let's say last modified time, saved
>> in the database when the files are commited ?
>
> No.
>
>> - If it's the case, is there a way to restore them when cloning or
>> exporting a repository ?
>
> We do record the timestamp of the commit, which would let you set each
> file to a somewhat appropriate timestamp. We generally don't do that
> because it interacts poorly with other tools. (make does the wrong thing
> if you artificially rollback timestamps because then a newly modified
> file *looks* unmodified.)

For those that aren't hamstrung by make can we have the equivalent of
Subversions 'use-commit-times' option? Is this cheaply available at
the time the tree is being built/updated?

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Talden