Re: Better perldelta management

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On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:48=E2=80=AFAM Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <
[email protected]> wrote:

> > I think step 3 would be a little different. The sections can be
> > managed by keeping the =3Dhead1/=3Dhead2 in the tiny file, and the orde=
r
> > of the different elements in the same section can be inferred from
> > the moment that file was mergedi (or last edited).
>
> Annoyingly, git doesn't preserve the moddate on files as such. All of
> your local fragment files will just appear to have the moddate of
> whenever git last touched it. If you just did `git pull` and it added
> lots of files since your last update, you won't know which is which.
>

git can be queried for when it last had changes committed, though.

-Dan

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nt">On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:48=E2=80=AFAM Paul &quot;LeoNerd&quot; Evans=
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t; wrote:</span></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blo=
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&gt; I think step 3 would be a little different. The sections can be<br>
&gt; managed by keeping the =3Dhead1/=3Dhead2 in the tiny file, and the ord=
er<br>
&gt; of the different elements in the same section can be inferred from<br>
&gt; the moment that file was mergedi (or last edited).<br>
<br>
Annoyingly, git doesn&#39;t preserve the moddate on files as such. All of<b=
r>
your local fragment files will just appear to have the moddate of<br>
whenever git last touched it. If you just did `git pull` and it added<br>
lots of files since your last update, you won&#39;t know which is which.<br=
></blockquote><div><br></div><div>git can be queried for when it last had c=
hanges committed, though.</div><div><br></div><div>-Dan</div></div></div>

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