On 22 July 2010 23:08, Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:58:44PM +1000, dave b wrote: >> Can we at least agree that the current state is suboptimal ? > > Sure, but it's the state of windows that is suboptimal. > There simply isn't anything we can reasonably do about it. > > Stefan > I have outlined what behaviour I would expect as a user in the original email I sent to this list. Windows isn't the only place that this can happen. If you had a network mounted dir - where svn lived and the method of access was only case insensitive the same issue would occur on linux :)
By doing nothing you gain nothing. By having a method to say "ok but lets handle this like this and inform the user" --> via a new method / api , there is much to be gained. Nothing will be lost. -- Tempt not a desperate man. -- William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"