file timestamps in a git tree

[Saulius Krasuckas]

I make an ugly hack in a branch at my git tree.  
Then I run after following after some git updates:

$ git rebase master ugly_hack
$ make
Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
make: *** [Makefile] Error 1

$ git checkout master
$ make
Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
make: *** [Makefile] Error 1

Is this behaviour intended?  I thought git would reset all the file 
timestamps once I switch to another (master) branch...  Am I wrong?

[Marcus Meissner]

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:55:02PM +0300, Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> I make an ugly hack in a branch at my git tree.  
> Then I run after following after some git updates:
>
> $ git rebase master ugly_hack
> $ make
> Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
> make: *** [Makefile] Error 1
>
> $ git checkout master
> $ make
> Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
> make: *** [Makefile] Error 1
>
> Is this behaviour intended?  I thought git would reset all the file 
> timestamps once I switch to another (master) branch...  Am I wrong?

"Makefile" is not in git, so you need to run ./configure anyway?

Ciao, Marcus

[Saulius Krasuckas]

* On Wed, 31 May 2006, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> - On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:55:02PM +0300, Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> > $ git rebase master ugly_hack

...
> > $ git checkout master
> > $ make
> > Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
> > make: *** [Makefile] Error 1

...
> > I thought git would reset all the file timestamps once I switch to 
> > another (master) branch...  Am I wrong?
>
> "Makefile" is not in git, so you need to run ./configure anyway?

Well, yes, but what is changed in the tree after I checkout master branch 
back?  If nothing changes, why make is complaining?

[Michael Stefaniuc]

Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> - On Wed, 31 May 2006, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> > - On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:55:02PM +0300, Saulius Krasuckas wrote:
> > > $ git rebase master ugly_hack
>
> ...
> > > $ git checkout master
> > > $ make
> > > Makefile is older than Makefile.in configure, please rerun ./configure
> > > make: *** [Makefile] Error 1
>
> ...
> > > I thought git would reset all the file timestamps once I switch to 
> > > another (master) branch...  Am I wrong?
> >
> > "Makefile" is not in git, so you need to run ./configure anyway?
>
> Well, yes, but what is changed in the tree after I checkout master branch 
> back?  If nothing changes, why make is complaining?

Does configure change between your two branches? That would explain it.

bye
    michael