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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-05-11 10:05:53 +0900 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2026-05-11 10:05:54 +0900 |
| commit | 570e1e0d0ff65d5a34d7d5fe005dd9650ca596fc (patch) | |
| tree | dea5d06e843b311be22b31f1863eff143f00ee48 | |
| parent | 718db095c27b79e4bcb2d4b10f423e782b9af1dc (diff) | |
| parent | b96490241e342fe1aecbd3c4f40de6998d2a3eaa (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat'
Doc update.
* jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat:
CodingGuidelines: st_mtimespec vs st_mtim vs st_mtime
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diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines index 2aafcec40d..c06f5d3071 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines @@ -693,6 +693,12 @@ For C programs: char *dogs[] = ...; walk_all_dogs(dogs); + - For file timestamps, do not use "st_mtim" (and other timestamp + members in "struct stat") unconditionally; not everybody is POSIX + (grep for USE_ST_TIMESPEC). If you only need a timestamp in whole + second resolution, "st_mtime" should work fine everywhere. + + For Perl programs: - Most of the C guidelines above apply. |