On Apr 12, 9:52 pm, kerri miller <ke...@vholdr.com> wrote: > On Apr 12, 2009, at 11:27 AM, bigbadotis wrote: > > > > > Today I changed some filenames to have lowercase letters instead of > > uppercase. When I launched Versions, it showed the files as missing. I > > deleted the broken aliases with the intent of adding the new files. > > > But Versions then went ahead and actually deleted the files that it > > had previously claimed it couldn't find. > > Working in the web world, I'm constantly annoyed by the Mac not > understanding that capitalized versions of letters are NOT the same as > their lower-case counterparts :S
I started working with web servers in 1993 and I have never encountered a web server that ignored the case of a file name. Of course I am also one of those that feel that life is too short for IIS. Windows reveals it's CP/M origins in ignoring case, something that I have never understood. > > Awesome. Many hours of work > > lost. This is a pretty bad bug and I am pissed right now. > > Wait, isn't the file still in previous revisions? You should be able > to get the files back to the last committed state. > > > Basically, if it says that it can't find a file in the GUI, Versions > > shouldn't be able to then go and delete a file that has the same name > > with different capitalization off your hard drive. They're not even in > > the trash. Just gone. > > My guess is that this is an OS issue this might be gruesome to code > defensively for. Not my guess. /Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to versions@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to versions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
