add timestamp option

gruntjs · Oct 15, 2014 · ef5e472 · ef5e472
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diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
       mode: {
         options: {
-          mode: '0444',
+          mode: '0444'
         },
         src: ['test/fixtures/test2.js'],
-        dest: 'tmp/mode.js',
+        dest: 'tmp/mode.js'
       },
       process: {
         options: {
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                 } else {
                     return content;
                 }
-            }
+            },
+            timestamp: true
         },
         files: [
             {expand: true, cwd: 'test/fixtures/time_folder/', src: ['**'], dest: 'tmp/copy_test_timestamp/'},

diff --git a/docs/copy-options.md b/docs/copy-options.md
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ Type: `Boolean` or `Number`
 Default: `false`
 
 Whether to copy or set the existing file permissions. Set to `true` to copy the existing file permissions. Or set to the mode, i.e.: `0644`, that copied files will be set to.
+
+## timestamp
+Type: `Boolean`
+Default: `false`
+
+Whether to preserve the timestamp attributes(`atime` and `mtime`) when copying files. Set to `true` to preserve files timestamp. But timestamp will *not* be preserved when the file contents or name are changed during copying.
diff --git a/tasks/copy.js b/tasks/copy.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       // processContent/processContentExclude deprecated renamed to process/noProcess
       processContent: false,
       processContentExclude: [],
+      timestamp: false,
       mode: false
     });
 
@@ -53,10 +54,9 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           grunt.verbose.writeln('Creating ' + chalk.cyan(dest));
           grunt.file.mkdir(dest);
 
-          dirs[dest] = {
-            src: src,
-            dest: dest
-          };
+          if (options.timestamp) {
+            dirs[dest] = src;
+          }
 
           tally.dirs++;
         } else {
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       });
     });
 
-    Object.keys(dirs).sort(function (a, b) {
-      return b.length - a.length;
-    }).forEach(function (dest) {
-      syncTimestamp(dirs[dest].src, dest);
-    });
+    if (options.timestamp) {
+      Object.keys(dirs).sort(function (a, b) {
+        return b.length - a.length;
+      }).forEach(function (dest) {
+        syncTimestamp(dirs[dest], dest);
+      });
+    }
 
     if (tally.dirs) {
       grunt.log.write('Created ' + chalk.cyan(tally.dirs.toString()) + ' directories');