[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://svario.it/gioele"
 nickname="gioele"
 subject="comment 4"
 date="2014-09-24T07:15:09Z"
 content="""
You can try to store the timestamps just before commit and restore them on checkout.

Have a look at [metastore](https://github.com/przemoc/metastore): it is a ready-made solution for plain git. Maybe you can adapt it to git-annex.
"""]]