Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 12:41:42PM -0700, Raul E Rangel wrote: > >> When generating a tarball with `git archive <tree>`, `git archive` will >> use the current time as the mtime. This results in a non-hermetic >> tarball. Could we should add a --mtime option that allows passing in >> the time? > > That seems like a very reasonable feature to have. Just to sketch out > the implementation, in case anybody wants to work on it: ... There has been a discussion on not just "fix mtime" but coming up with a lot more stable tar archive format specification. The first link is about documenting the status quo. The second one is about the proposed format that aims to be stable. https://lore.kernel.org/git/20230203080629.31492-1-ray@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ https://lore.kernel.org/git/20230205221728.4179674-2-sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
