Slapping your colleagues around is not a good solution :) If a repository out of your control, there is not a good solution for this on osX that I'm aware of. I'm hoping someone will find one.
I work around it by mounting a linux filesystem via nfs, and checking out onto that volume. I work on websites so this is an easy option for me. On Jan 4, 7:50 am, Quinn Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > This is probably because HFS+ (the default file system for OS X) is > case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. This means that filenames that > differ only in capitalization are considered to be the same. Although this > works on Linux, it is poor practice to name files this way, not only because > developers can easily confuse the files, but also because it causes such > issues with non-case-sensitive filesystems. Your best bet is to remove all > such near-identical filenames by renaming one of the pair, and slap the > developers who named the files that way on the wrist. :-) (Then explain why > it's a bad idea.) > > - Quinn > > On Jan 4, 2010, at 1:41 AM, Jason wrote: > > > Hey, > > > I have a problem and have diagnosed it as a name conflict. However, > > this appears to be working fine for the developers that use Linux. The > > problem is as follows. There are a number of instances in the > > application where there are near identical filenames. For example. > > > swfupload.js > > Swfupload.js > > > verdana.swf > > Verdana.swf > > > When versions hits these files it throws a wobbly, says it cannot > > write file and stops the export. If I try to run the update afterwards > > it says that the file is locked. Is there a setting to overcome this > > issue? > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Versions" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en. > > > > smime.p7s > 4KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en.
