Git handling of commit times

[Devin Teske]

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> Did anyone ever find an elegant solution to preventing the following edge-case?
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> 1. Committer uses a VM but keeps it paused most of the time
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> 2. Committer unpauses VM and makes a commit without first running ntpdate to correct the clock of the paused VM
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> 3. Committer pushes commit with a timestamp that predates the timestamp for the previous commit on the file in-question
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> In this case, GitHub renders the commits our of order. If memory serves, "git log" will show them in the proper order, but github web interface shows them in wrong order.
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> I think there was some talk of a hook to prevent timestamps moving backward with respect to each object being touched in a pushed commit -- is this even possible to prevent?
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> Is this no longer an issue? Just looking for clarification on a genuine concern.
> -- 
> Devin

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Devin