Merge branch 'jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat'

Doc update.

* jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat:
  CodingGuidelines: st_mtimespec vs st_mtim vs st_mtime
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Junio C Hamano 2026-05-11 10:05:53 +09:00
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@ -693,6 +693,12 @@ For C programs:
char *dogs[] = ...;
walk_all_dogs(dogs);

- For file timestamps, do not use "st_mtim" (and other timestamp
members in "struct stat") unconditionally; not everybody is POSIX
(grep for USE_ST_TIMESPEC). If you only need a timestamp in whole
second resolution, "st_mtime" should work fine everywhere.


For Perl programs:

- Most of the C guidelines above apply.