Unable to checkout working tree from branch

[Martin Pool]

On 10/16/07, DeeJay <smartgpx at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a standalone branch from which I am unable to recreate its working tree.
>
> With bzr 0.91 the error message is "ERROR: Unable to delete transform
> temporary directory"
>
> With bzr 0.90 the error message is "ERROR: [Error 183] Cannot create a
> file when that file already exists"
>
> "bzr check" finds no errors in the branch.
>
> My premise is that if I 'COMMIT' files and change history to an RCS
> then I should be able to subsequently 'CHECKOUT' those files and
> regenerate the working tree and its history. Is anyone interested in
> looking at this branch to see why this expectation is not being met?
>
> [I am fairly certain that the 'corruption' is due to two filenames
> which differ only in case, but the commit was accepted several
> revisions ago and I have no idea how to unravel the situation.]

Yes, I'd be interested in looking at the branch, or at least at the traceback.

If the cause is having filenames that differ only in case, maybe we
should handle it by checking them out with a conflict and one of the
files renamed.

-- 
Martin