Hi, On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, David Brown wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 06:31:24PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > Why does "rename(old, new)" change st_ctime when you move a regular > >file? > > But, from the point of view of backup software, not updating the ctime > on rename would be horrible, because you'd never know when files got > renamed. Any backup software that does not discover that there is a new _filename_ is not worth the label "software". Rather "daftware" or somesuch. Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
