On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 03:52:12PM -0000, Tim Halvorsen wrote:
> Any progress on this? I would very much like to adopt BZR, but will not
> until there is an OPTION to preserve "mtime" as metadata in the
> repository, along with the file content. I have too many tools in my
> tool chain that are dependent on a file's timestamp, including my brain.
This will require a format change, it's not on the current agenda as far as I know.
It should be possible to work around it by writing a simple plugin that operates
in a fashion similar to e.g. etckeeper. Etckeeper hooks into Bazaar and keeps
a metadata file (".etckeeper") up to date with extra file metadata.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 03:52:12PM -0000, Tim Halvorsen wrote:
> Any progress on this? I would very much like to adopt BZR, but will not
> until there is an OPTION to preserve "mtime" as metadata in the
> repository, along with the file content. I have too many tools in my
> tool chain that are dependent on a file's timestamp, including my brain.
This will require a format change, it's not on the current agenda as far as I know.
It should be possible to work around it by writing a simple plugin that operates
in a fashion similar to e.g. etckeeper. Etckeeper hooks into Bazaar and keeps
a metadata file (".etckeeper") up to date with extra file metadata.
Cheers,
Jelmer