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Re: [BUG] The client can't use a different directory than .svn

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2003-12-09 20:15:53 CET

Philippe Lavoie wrote:

>I did more tests.
>
>If you go to windows explorer and try to create a directory named ".svn" it will not let you. The only way you can create that directory is through the command line interface. I think this highlights the fact that windows really, really, doesn't like a file which starts with a period.
>
>
No. This only highlights the fact that Windows Explorer was made by
dummies for dummies.

On the other hand, it is a *good* thing for Subversion that a dummy
can't create a .svn directory with Explorer.

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