unmtime: Restore mtimes for olden build systems
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Many build systems (e.g: make, cabal) use mtimes to decide whether to rebuild things.
This is very unfortunate in many cases, when mtimes change but content does not.
For example, "git pull --rebase" re-applies all local commits on top of the fresh upstream branch. This touches all local files mtimes even though they mostly end up the same.
unmtime
is a utility that records the content hashes and mtimes of all
files in .db/files.json (while ignoring files listed in
db/blacklist.json). When it detects an mtime changed but the content
hash did not, it restores the old mtime.
Running unmtime
prior to running "cabal" or "make" can save lots of
unneeded rebuilds.
Sending mtime back could confuse build systems that compare mtimes via Ord, and not Eq. So use with care.
Properties
Versions | 0.1.0.0 |
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Change log | CHANGELOG.md |
Dependencies | aeson (>=1.4.4.0), aeson-pretty (>=0.8.7), async (>=2.2.2), base (>=4.12.0.0 && <4.13), bytestring (>=0.10.8.2), containers (>=0.6.0.1), cryptohash-sha256 (>=0.11.101.0), directory (>=1.3.3.0), filepath (>=1.4.2.1), hexstring (>=0.11.1), lens (>=4.18), pathwalk (>=0.3.1.2), text (>=1.2.3.1), time (>=1.8.0.2) [details] |
License | BSD-3-Clause |
Author | Eyal Lotem |
Maintainer | eyal.lotem@gmail.com |
Category | Development |
Source repo | head: git clone https://github.com/Peaker/unmtime.git |
Uploaded | by EyalLotem at 2019-11-27T22:56:11Z |
Downloads
- unmtime-0.1.0.0.tar.gz [browse] (Cabal source package)
- Package description (as included in the package)
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