Ralph Seichter wrote on Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:01 +0200: > On 19.10.2017 12:16, Sasikala Kottegoda wrote: > > > In this scenario, svn status does not show anything. Also, the file > > does not get commited when I issue an 'svn commit'. Is there a reason > > for that? > > Subversion uses a hash of the file content to determine if it has been > modified. Changing the modification date in the working copy, as you did > with 'touch', does not alter the content, hence the file is considered > unchanged.
Subversion doesn't use checksums to detect modifications. 'svn status' is based on filesize + mtime only. If mtime differs but filesize doesn't, then a full content diff is done. > This is deliberate. Yes, it is, for efficiency reasons. (stat() is cheaper than read())
