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Re: File/folder naming in repo browser

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:19:29 +0100

On 07.01.2013 23:54, Simon Large wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> In a working copy you obviously cannot rename files and folders to
> include characters which are illegal in windows filenames. In the
> repo browser you can rename to anything you like. This is of course
> correct behaviour for subversion, but it might be worth at least
> adding a warning that such a name will prevent that item being checked
> out on a Windows machine. The user can then ignore the warning at
> their peril.

There's already a check in place which shows a warning dialog if you try
to rename to something invalid on Windows.
Of course, that check isn't a 100% accurate.

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