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Re: case-only rename problems fixed in subversion?

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2007-03-20 17:58:47 CET

Roel Harbers wrote:
> I just noticed that case-only renames are no longer an issue like they
> used to be. According to the svn CHANGES file, it has been fixed since
> v1.2.0, and indeed, it's possible to case-only rename a file in the repo
> browser, and this does not give any problems that I could see when
> updating the wc.
>
> However, tsvn still includes a check that forbids making these case-only
> renames in the wc. Are there any other case-insensitivity bugs known
> that justify this restriction? It would be nice to be able to change
> case in the wc instead of the repo browser.

The Subversion library doesn't allow case-renames in the working copy.
If you use the CL client, you'll get "can't move >>filename<< onto
itself" (or something like that, the error I got was in german).

Stefan

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