[Gnu-arch-users] Re: What is the use of {arch}/,,inode-sigs

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I thought they were similar to the CVS/Entries file: used to figure out
>> which files have been changed without doing actual file-compares with the
>> pristine copies (or at least avoid a large number of such compares).
> Yes, that is what they're for.

OK, good, so I'll try and use them, thanks.

>> But the files there seem to all be "out of date" (e.g. there's data for rev
>> 9 and 13, but I'm currently at rev 14).
> Not every tla command updates them; I think currently only `commit' and `get'
> do (and `update' and `replay' don't).

Too bad.


        Stefan