Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 13:15:27 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: CVS question: Export option to preserve dates?
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Peter J. Farley III wrote:

> I do not see an option for the "export" command that preserves the
> "current" date for each source file exported.

I don't see such an option euther.  However, AFAIK, CVS doesn't have
the notion of a ``current'' date for each file.

> It's awfully tough to try to produce local diffs when every file in
> the exported set is dated the day that the export is done.

??? Why does this complicate diff'ing?  Can't you simply diff two
directory trees, recursively?

Are you saying that you have difficulties finding the files that you
changed?