From 5753bb7ff62ce44d7e64447bee0a0c013c3dadcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:09:15 +0200 Subject: Add John's text --- faq | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'faq') diff --git a/faq b/faq index 9c3ff01..e940510 100644 --- a/faq +++ b/faq @@ -26,3 +26,16 @@ the .git directory. A less likely cause is that the repo is, infact, not a valid repo. Try to run 'git show' in the offending repo to see if git also thinks your repo has issues. + + +### Why is the idle time for my repository wrong? + +By default CGit uses the modification time of the default branch's ref +file as a quick method of determining when the repository was last +changed. If you primarily work on other branches then this work will +not be reflected in the idle time. + +You can use a post-receive hook to run a script that tells CGit the +correct modification time by writing to ``info/web/last-modified``. An +example is provided in the CGit repository at +``contrib/hooks/post-receive.agefile``. -- cgit v1.2.3-57-g22cb