This is a known issue. The core problem is that Windows is case-insensitive,
yet preserves case.
The best solution is to prevent the problem: make sure that files are put in
with the right case to begin with. That's because it's a pain to fix.
When a file needs to be renamed to change its case, I rename it to something
else first (like _index.gif), make sure everyone updates, then rename again
to the right name with the right case. The tricky part here is "make sure
everyone updates" if you've got more than a few developers. Ugh.
I think this works (just going off of memory here).
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**** --- Eric Wadsworth, 520-533-2749
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CSN [mailto:cool_screen_name90001@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:17 PM
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: image.gif/IMAGE.gif renaming and Windows
>
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> I think I got it working again. Had to manually delete
> entries from .svn/entries, delete some files from
> .svn/text-base, delete files using svn on a
> case-sensitive file system, and run svntortoise's
> "clean up" several times.
>
> What a mess. Crossing fingers...
>
>
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> From: "Ulrich Eckhardt" <eckhardt@satorlaser.com>
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:50:43 +0200
> Subject: Re: image.gif/IMAGE.gif renaming and Windows
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> CSN wrote:
> > I renamed a file from image.gif to IMAGE.gif, using
> > Subversion's "rename" then committed. Now, it's
> > causing problems with updates on other Windows boxes
> -
> > Subversion gives an error that "image.gif" already
> > exists, then quits the update.
> > I can't even checkout new repositories on Windows
> any more.
>
> Just picking nits: it's 'checking out a working copy'.
> However, I don't think
> that you can't do that, i.e. that you can't check out
> a new working-copy. So,
> what do you mean and what is failing and with what
> error-messages?
>
> > What can I do to fix this?
>
> It's mentioned in the book or the FAQ, as I remember
> from a very recent(!)
> thread here.
>
> Uli
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