tj.git-extras/man/git-utimes.md
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git-utimes(1) -- Change files modification time to their last commit date

SYNOPSIS

git-utimes [--newer]

DESCRIPTION

Change files modification time to their last commit date. Does not touch files that are in the working tree or index.

OPTIONS

--newer

Preserves the original modification time of files that were committed from the local repo, by only touching files that are newer than their last commit date.

EXAMPLES

  • Update all files' modification time to their last commit date, except those in working tree or index:

    $ git utimes

  • As above, but preserve original modification time of files that were committed from local repo:

    $ git utimes --newer

AUTHOR

Written by Vitaly Chikunov <vt@altlinux.org>, inspired by Stackexchange comments. Updated by Bill Wood <wpwoodjr@gmail.com> to add --newer flag and ignore files in the working tree or index.

REPORTING BUGS

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

SEE ALSO

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>