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Travis Swicegood commented on COUCHDB-67:
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So long as you don't allow it to start with a period, you should be fine on the
big three (*nix, BSD, and Windows). See the docs for git-check-ref-format -
it's explicitly bound to what a filesystem will allow.
> Allow periods (".") in database names
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> Key: COUCHDB-67
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-67
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Database Core, HTTP Interface
> Environment: All
> Reporter: Jan Lehnardt
> Assignee: Jan Lehnardt
> Priority: Minor
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> Allow periods in database names. We need to find out if a period is among the
> "safe" characters that can be used for filenames on most filesystems.
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