file timestamps in a git tree

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> * On Wed, 31 May 2006, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> 
>>* On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:55:02PM +0300, Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
>>
>>>$ git rebase master ugly_hack
> 
> ...
> 
>>>$ git checkout master
>>>$ make
>>>Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
>>>make: *** [Makefile] Error 1
> 
> ...
> 
>>>I thought git would reset all the file timestamps once I switch to 
>>>another (master) branch...  Am I wrong?
>>
>>"Makefile" is not in git, so you need to run ./configure anyway?
> 
> 
> Well, yes, but what is changed in the tree after I checkout master branch 
> back?  If nothing changes, why make is complaining?
Does configure change between your two branches? That would explain it.

bye
	michael
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