TimeStampMod

TimestampMod is an extension for Mercurial DVCS that incorporates automatic saving and restoring of the modification times of files under version control.

The intent of this extension is to ease the transition from manual file system based version control into the Mercurial DVCS world. Manual file system based version control methods rely on copying and synchronizing files based on file modification timestamps. Under any modern VCS, this timestamp information is unimportant. The VCS manages the change tracking between revisions. The default behavior of a VCS is to set the file modification time to the time that the file was updated by the VCS instead of the original modification time. This behavior can be confusing and lead to mistrust of the VCS by new users who are not yet familiar with VCS concepts.

This extension with automatic timestamp saving and restoring allows Mercurial to add a level of comfort to those users who are used to managing version control with timestamps.