Restore files' original last modified time?
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Description
Every time someone clones other's repo, the last modified time of each file and directory is overwritten with the time of clone.
However, in some cases, we need to know the original time infomation, such as in a blog static site.
There are ways to fix this.
For example, run git ls-files -z | while read -d '' path; do touch -d $(git log -1 --format="@%ct" "$path") "$path"; done in the workflow file.
But, can you integrate this feature inside actions/checkout and provide a config option like "origin-mtime"?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the actions/checkout implementation and its workflow configuration options, using the reported git ls-files command as the behavioral reference. Done means a configurable origin-mtime option restores tracked files' original modification times after checkout, with the behavior documented and verified across the supported checkout workflow.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, github-actions, typescript
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100