[cvsnt] Re: Touched UCS-2 file is "locally modified"

[Terris Linenbach]

Hi Tony,

I am using "local" mode with build 77a.  It's definitely a timestamp issue.

The copy command changes the timestamp for me, at least on NTFS.  But
another way to modify the timestamp is to open the file in notepad, alter it
trivially, save it, then un-do the change and save the file again.  CVS is
smarter than file timestamps when it comes to detecting whether a file has
been modified, except apparently for UCS2 files.

** Before "touch" **

c:>dir utc.reg
03/22/2003  10:02a                 338 utc.reg

File: utc.reg           Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:    1.11    Sat Mar 22 18:02:31 2003
   Repository revision: 1.11    d:/cvs/utc.reg,v
   Expansion option:    u
   Commit Identifier:   6bc3e7ca5370000
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      -ku
   Merge From:          (none)

** After "touch" **

c:>dir utc.reg
03/24/2003  10:57a                 338 utc.reg

File: utc.reg           Status: Locally Modified

   Working revision:    1.11    Sat Mar 22 18:02:31 2003
   Repository revision: 1.11    d:/cvs/utc.reg,v
   Expansion option:    u
   Commit Identifier:   6bc3e7ca5370000
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      -ku
   Merge From:          (none)

"Tony Hoyle" <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote in message
news:b5irnn$51o$1 at sisko.nodomain.org...
> Tony Hoyle wrote:
>
>
> > Works fine for me in client/server mode (not tried local yet) - is this
> > local or client/server mode?
> >
> Works fine in local mode too.  However I've been unable to make 'copy'
> change the timestamp - the only way I know of changing the timestamp of a
> file is to edit it (thus making the message correct).
>
> Tony
>