Set index mtime manually

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/active_document/directory.py b/active_document/directory.py
index 8af5aa4..ee1db3d 100644
--- a/active_document/directory.py
+++ b/active_document/directory.py
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ class Directory(object):
     def mtime(self):
         return self._index.mtime
 
+    @mtime.setter
+    def mtime(self, value):
+        self._index.mtime = value
+        self._notify({'event': 'populate', 'props': {'mtime': value}})
+
     def close(self):
         """Flush index write pending queue and close the index."""
         self._index.close()
diff --git a/active_document/index.py b/active_document/index.py
index 67ed083..00b69b8 100644
--- a/active_document/index.py
+++ b/active_document/index.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ class IndexReader(object):
         else:
             return 0
 
+    @mtime.setter
+    def mtime(self, value):
+        with file(self._mtime_path, 'w'):
+            pass
+        os.utime(self._mtime_path, (value, value))
+
     def get_cached(self, guid):
         """Return cached document.