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Juan Diego
Juan Diego

Reputation: 863

Why Rational Team Concert changes the files' last modified attribute?

I'm having some issues with the installation of Rational Team Concert on my server.

The thing is that when I upload some changes to the server (any kind), it changes the last modified attribute of the file, but it shouldn't do it.

Is there a way to avoid this behavior?

Thank you in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 276

Answers (2)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1325057

Regarding timestamp, getting over the fact that relying on it in a version control tool isn't always considered a best-practice (see "What's the equivalent of use-commit-times for git?"), it is actually a complex issue:

  • an SCM loader wouldn't use just timestamp to determined what file has changed (Task 179263)
  • you can have various requirements for that timestamp (like in Defect 159043, where the file timestamp of the modified file on disk that of when it was delivered, not when I accepted.). The variable JAZZ_CCM_SKIP_MOD_TIME=true is mentioned so check if that could improve your specific case.
  • it is all based on the assumption the timestamp is correctly set by the local workstation, which isn't always true, as illustrated in Task 77201

Upvotes: 0

jcam
jcam

Reputation: 51

This is something that we have tried to add to RTC SCM (and we still plan to). However, we found that it needs to be an option on load/update.

There are numerous details and discussions available @ this work item on jazz.net

Upvotes: 2

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