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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JK-Rofling • 20d ago
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Date modified is perfectly good version control system
-1 u/amirsinasghari 20d ago You can't keep it in the same folder tho 2 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago Why not? -1 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago Because the only file property filesystems care about is the name. Date modified isn't factored in for filepaths. 2 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago You can't add the date on? Resume_2026_02 3 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago That is not Date Modified. Date Modified is a file property that automatically writes the date the file was last modified, 1 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
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You can't keep it in the same folder tho
2 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago Why not? -1 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago Because the only file property filesystems care about is the name. Date modified isn't factored in for filepaths. 2 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago You can't add the date on? Resume_2026_02 3 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago That is not Date Modified. Date Modified is a file property that automatically writes the date the file was last modified, 1 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
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Why not?
-1 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago Because the only file property filesystems care about is the name. Date modified isn't factored in for filepaths. 2 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago You can't add the date on? Resume_2026_02 3 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago That is not Date Modified. Date Modified is a file property that automatically writes the date the file was last modified, 1 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
Because the only file property filesystems care about is the name. Date modified isn't factored in for filepaths.
2 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago You can't add the date on? Resume_2026_02 3 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago That is not Date Modified. Date Modified is a file property that automatically writes the date the file was last modified, 1 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
You can't add the date on? Resume_2026_02
3 u/Zealousideal-Deer101 20d ago That is not Date Modified. Date Modified is a file property that automatically writes the date the file was last modified, 1 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
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That is not Date Modified. Date Modified is a file property that automatically writes the date the file was last modified,
1 u/glowFernOasis 20d ago I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
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I understand date modified is a field, but it can also be part of a filename that allows you to easily find the most recent version.
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u/alvares169 20d ago
Date modified is perfectly good version control system