File mtime and ctime should be restored on check-out

[GoogleCodeExporter]

It seems that currently, the "last changed" dates etc. are not stored and 
therefore not propagated to clients... This kind of messed up my pictures 
library for all files that did not have the "date taken" metadata set within 
the file - which was true for a lot of old pictures and basically all videos 
:-/.

I think that this file information should be transferred to all clients. First 
one to commit a file should also commit file metadata, others to check out that 
file should have the metadata set to the respective values.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jannis.u...@stoppe.de on 12 Dec 2012 at 11:22

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Yes, this is a highly desirable feature.

However, note that since the very first release, Boar actually already stores 
the "modified" and "changed" timestamps from the file system when you check in 
or import files. It just doesn't restore this information when checking out. So 
if you've used Boar to import your video files, the timestamps are not lost, 
merely slightly inaccessible.

Original comment by ekb...@gmail.com on 12 Dec 2012 at 11:50

• Changed title: File mtime and ctime should be restored on check-out
• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

That's good to know... This way, I don't have to come up with a script that 
guesses the dates from the other files in the directory - and it sounds like it 
shouldn't be too hard to implement. Now I just have to somehow make sure that 
consecutive checkins don't overwrite the dates, correct?

Original comment by jannis.u...@stoppe.de on 12 Dec 2012 at 12:37

[GoogleCodeExporter]

http://code.google.com/p/boar-datefix/
^^

Original comment by jannis.u...@stoppe.de on 26 Feb 2013 at 4:06

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I was googling quite a bit for a backup system for photos, and boar seems to be 
the best tool for that, good job! However, the changed timestapms makes it a 
no-go for me

Original comment by markus.l...@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2013 at 7:53