Hi Eric, I would recommend to remove the ability to change the quoting, but would move the feature into a migration action that would update the quoting on existing repository. Similar to the deletion operation.
But it's clearly not a priority for me anyway. On Sat., Dec. 11, 2021, 10:35 a.m. Eric L. Zolf, <ewl+rdiffbac...@lavar.de> wrote: > Hi, > > while refactoring the code, I stumbled upon the (theoretical) > possibility to change the quoting used in the repo with the option > --override-chars-to-quote (i.e. replace the characters not allowed on > the target filesystem of the repo with some code). > > According to my analysis, the option never worked as intended and I'm > not surprised, it's quite a complex thing to do, so I would remove it, > but I'd like to make sure I don't break someones daily job. > > Hence the survey under: > https://webapp.oulu.fi/framadate/studs.php?poll=4eKjK3yF7t6ZtrnQ > > Answer asap please, so that I can take a decision. > > To be very clear, it's not about removing the ability to quote forbidden > characters, it's about removing the possibility to change the quoting > once the repo has been created. > > Thanks, Eric > > PS: I might re-add the feature later on, but currently it's a bummer. > >
