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Re: subversion checkout failed on windows system

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2006-04-21 19:59:37 CEST

On 4/21/06, Nitin Vaishnav <nitinvaishnav@gmail.com> wrote:
> OS: windows XP / windows 2003
>
> Subversion release: 1.3.0
>
>
>
> I create repository using file system. Two files are added and committed in
> repository with same name like "Test.php " and "test.php" from different
> working directory. This happened by mistake. Now when I checkout that
> repository I got error "Can't open file". The repository is case-sensitive
> and windows file system is case-insensitive, so this problem occurred.
> Currently I resolve the problem to delete one file from repository.
>
> I don't known, is it bug or enhancement?
>
> I hope this issue may solve in next SVN release. So this kind of mistake
> does not create problem on windows box.

What problem are you asking to be solved? SVN being case-sensitive is
not a problem - that Windows isn't case-sensitive is the true problem.
 SVN won't become case-insensitive, I don't even see it being made an
option in the future. Too much chance for problems.

The real solution is to simply not introduce this case-clash if any
client will be on Windows. There is a hook script floating around
that will check for this condition (2 files with the same name,
different case) and alert you at commit time. I think it's called
check-caseinsensitive.py or something to that effect.

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