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[TSVN] Re: Possible Tortoise SVN bug?

From: Simon Large <slarge_at_blazepoint.co.uk>
Date: 2005-01-20 17:46:08 CET

Joseph Galbraith wrote:
> Jeremy Swigart wrote:
>> Ok, I've observed what may be a bug but I am unsure. The first time a
>> few weeks ago I thought it was a fluke, but yesterday it happens
>> again.
>>
>> It seems that if a user renames a file, and simply changes the case
>> of the filename, not change the filename itself, for example
>> mycpp.cpp rename to MyCpp.cpp, it works fine on that persons
>> computer, but it causes odd errors on other clients when they
>> attempt to update.
>
> I believe I've seen this as well; it causes the update to
> fail with 'entry already exists' or something like that.

... and you both need to read the manual, or the FAQ.

http://tortoisesvn.berlios.de/faq/index.php?action=artikel&cat=7&id=34&artlang=en

Remember that a subversion repository can be read by clients on
case-sensitive file systems as well as by Windows clients. Subversion
has to preserve the case, otherwise Linux and other clients could end up
with multiple copies of a file, all differing only in case.

Maybe it could be handled better, but if you want to complain you need
to do that on the Subversion user list.

Simon

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