This allows us replace perl when getting the mtime of a file because
of time zone conversions, though at the moment only one platform which
does this has been identified: Cygwin when used with ActiveState Perl
(as usual).
The output format is:
<mtime1> TAB <filename1> <LF>
<mtime2> TAB <filename2> <LF>
...
which, if only mtime is needed can be parsed with cut(1):
test-chmtime -v +0 filename1 | cut -f 1
Also, the change adds a description of programs features, with examples.
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <ariesen@harmanbecker.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This is intended to be a portable replacement for our usage
of date(1), touch(1), and Perl one-liners in tests.
Usage: test-chtime (+|=|-|=+|=-)<seconds> <file>..."
'+' increments the mtime on the files by <seconds>
'-' decrements the mtime on the files by <seconds>
'=' sets the mtime on the file to exactly <seconds>
'=+' and '=-' sets the mtime on the file to <seconds> after or
before the current time.
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
