Re: CVS commit with custom date

["Casey T. Deccio" <casey@deccio.net>]

On Nov 28, 2006, at 7:20 PM, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 07:11:18PM -0800, Casey T. Deccio wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is there a way to perform a cvs commit with a custom date, rather
> > than the current date?  I'm trying to create all the versions of a
> > certain file retroactively from the archives that have been kept
> > until now, but I want to be able to maintain (and search by) the
> > actual (past) modification date.
>
> It should be possible, at least if you convert to subversion.  I  
> have a
> repo that started out as CVS and that I converted over to SVN.  The
> original commit dates were kept.

Unfortunately I don't have any original commit dates since nothing is  
in a repository yet--just file modification times...

> If all else fails, you can muck with
> the clock on the server prior to each commit.

That was my backup plan :)

Regards,
Casey