From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:20:50 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Document modification check by content.
X-Git-Tag: 0.15~4
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=39d9b9b42f3d06ad67174d51718ce9a7d71eca99;p=src.git

Document modification check by content.
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diff --git a/src b/src
index c5b2da3..719f6c8 100755
--- a/src
+++ b/src
@@ -557,6 +557,10 @@ A - The file has been registered into SRC but has no commits.
 
 L - The file is locked.
 
+Modification status is by content (using a SHA1 hash) rather than date.
+Thus, if you make changes to a work file in your editor, then undo
+them, the file's status returns to '='.
+
 You can usually recover of file from A, L, and ! status with src
 checkout.  A and L statuses should only occur if you have used RCS
 directly on a file, or if you have called 'src add' manually.