case sensitivity on Windows

Mark Hammond mhammond at skippinet.com.au
Fri Oct 10 01:07:50 BST 2008


> > One possibility would be to have the behavior:
> >
> > % bzr st
> > renamed:
> >   Foo => foo
> > modified:
> >   foo
> >
> > So we automatically detect the rename.
> 
> My point is that on Windows, this is *not* a "rename" in a practical
> sense.  The same name used in the past can still be used on the new
> name, where that isn't true of a "real" rename.  ie, just because some
> editor changed the case of a file, no other windows program would be
> affected, so bzr should not either.

I'd like to clarify the above: I really don't care :)  In my experience, it is very rare that programs will change the case of the file.  So while it's important to agree on these edge cases, we needn't have full agreement on everything before starting on what everyone *does* agree on.

> I appreciate the feedback - what is the next step for movement on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark





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