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copied!<p>In the <a href="http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitFaq#Why_isn.27t_Git_preserving_modification_time_on_files.3F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GitFaq</a> I can read, that</p> <blockquote> <p>Git sets the current time as the timestamp on every file it modifies, but only those.</p> </blockquote> <p>However, I tried this command sequence (<strong>EDIT:</strong> added complete command sequence)</p> <pre><code>$ git init test && cd test Initialized empty Git repository in d:/test/.git/ $ touch filea fileb $ git add . $ git commit -m "first commit" [master (root-commit) fcaf171] first commit 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 filea create mode 100644 fileb $ ls -l > filea $ touch fileb -t 200912301000 $ ls -l total 1 -rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 132 Feb 12 18:36 filea -rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 0 Dec 30 10:00 fileb $ git status -a warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in filea # On branch master warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in filea # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # modified: filea # $ git checkout . $ ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 0 Feb 12 18:36 filea -rw-r--r-- 1 exxxxxxx Administ 0 Feb 12 18:36 fileb </code></pre> <p>Now my question: Why did git change the timestamp of file <code>fileb</code>? I'd expect the timestamp to be unchanged.</p> <p>Are my commands causing a problem?<br> Maybe it is possible to do something like a <code>git checkout . --modified</code> instead?</p> <p>I am using <code>git version 1.6.5.1.1367.gcd48</code> under mingw32/windows xp.</p>

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