Re: Files with trailing dots on Windows

von Löwis Martin <Martin.vonLoewis@hpi.uni-potsdam.de> writes:
> I wouldn't mind if Subversion refused to even put the file on
> my disk.
>
> I mind it saying that I changed the repository when I really
> didn't. Why is that so hard to understand?

It's not hard to understand. Everyone here understands, they're just
saying that the work required to fix this in Subversion is too great,
so it's probably not going to happen. Instead, Subversion expects
users to choose their filenames and platforms to be compatible. No
one denies that is a burden on users, though.

The fact that Subversion does not telepathically read minds also puts
a burden on users, but because adding telepathy to Subversion would
take too long and be too hard to maintain, we've chosen to leave that
burden in place. The same is true of the problem you described.

(But, if you could come up with a concrete design & even a patch for
solving the problem, that would change things... maybe there's
something we haven't thought of.)

Best,
-Karl

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