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Re: Case-sensitivity and Windows

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2003-07-01 02:37:58 CEST

John Barstow wrote:

>>John Barstow <John_Barstow@gfsg.co.nz> writes:
>>
>>
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>
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>>>Garrett Rooney [mailto:rooneg@electricjellyfish.net] wrote:
>>>
>>>What do you mean by 'svn log ignores case'?
>>>
>>>C:\source>ls
>>>logotext.jpg
>>>
>>>C:\source>svn log logotext.jpg
>>>
>>>C:\source>svn log logoText.jpg
>>>
>>>
>
>
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>>I don't use Windows, but isn't that the way a Windows program is
>>supposed to work? If you want case sensitivity then URLs (or a case
>>sensitive filesystem/OS).
>>
>>
>
>Well, yes, except 'svn add', 'svn st', etc. do NOT work this way.
>
>c:\source>ls
>logotext.jpg
>
>c:\source>ren logotext.jpg foo.jpg
>c:\source>ren foo.jpg logoText.jpg
>c:\source>svn st
>! logotext.jpg
>? logoText.jpg
>
>While I would prefer it to work as expected under Windows, I care more that
>everything is consistent. I burned an entire weekend on this and am a bit
>out of sorts right now.
>
>
You're confusing program arguments and working copy contents. In your
example, you should try "svn st logotext.jpg". As for "svn add", you
don't show an example of it "not working this way".

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Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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