backslash in file names

[John Arbash Meinel]

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>     $ cd /filesystem-that-CANNOT-handle-backslash-in-names/
>     $ bzr checkout bzr://example.com/branch-foo/
>     $ cd branch-foo/
>     $ ls
>     normalname
> 
>     $ bzr revert --revision 101
> 
> Should the checkout fail in the second case, even though the current
> working tree is compatible with the filesystem? If so, any poor choice
> of filename dooms the branch forever, beyond hope of a rename
> operation. That doesn't seem reasonable.
> 
> Should the checkout succeed, but the revert fail if it creates a
> working tree incompatible with the filesystem? I think that would be
> better, but it's different from what you seem to be proposing.
> 

Generally yes. It is how we handle symlinks, for example.

John
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