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This is exactly correct and it's called 'file rename tracking', not a bug.
For case sensitive systems, as Mercurial is, the files 'resource.H' and
'Resource.h' are completely different once.
However, while writing a brief description about that behavior, I figured
out Mercurial v 1.3 solved this 'case folding' problems of it's own (only windows),
and my workaround is no longer needed at all. So, you will find it removed in
the next version (1.0.6).
Thx for your posting, else I didn't find it out.
Comment by: Bernd Schrader | Posted: Saturday, 04 July 2009, 08:50AM (04/07/2009)
Here is just a link where you can read what happened with case folding collosion
http://kdbdallas.com/2008/12/23/fix-mercurial-case-folding-collisions/
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Bug #346 [CLOSED]
Reason: Implemented
| Vital Bug Details | |
|---|---|
| Summery: Paths with upper case characters get removed and readded with lower case paths | |
| Severity: Medium | |
| Status: | Priority: Low |
| Assigned to: Nobody | Percent Complete: 100% |
| Bug Reporter | |
| Reported by: Anonymous ( on Friday, 03 July 2009, 10:19AM (03/07/2009) ) | |
| Bug Details | |
| We have a project with some upper case file names. With VisualHG installed, saving them results in the case of the path changing and the upper case version being removed and a lower case version added.
My system is WinXP with all patches. Sample output from hg status showing the problem. L:\pcdmisrepos\working>hg status M Pcdlrn\RESOURCE\LANGS\ENGLISH\RESOURCE.RC M Pcdlrn\SOURCE\GLOBALS.CPP A Pcdlrn\Include\resource.h A Pcdlrn\MENU\ResourceEnum.cpp R Pcdlrn\INCLUDE\resource.H R Pcdlrn\MENU\RESOURCEENUM.CPP Note that the first two lines didn't get removed and re-added. The bug doesn't happen every time, but often enough to be a significant disruption. |
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Comment by: Bernd Schrader | Posted: Saturday, 04 July 2009, 05:19AM (04/07/2009)This is exactly correct and it's called 'file rename tracking', not a bug.
For case sensitive systems, as Mercurial is, the files 'resource.H' and
'Resource.h' are completely different once.
However, while writing a brief description about that behavior, I figured
out Mercurial v 1.3 solved this 'case folding' problems of it's own (only windows),
and my workaround is no longer needed at all. So, you will find it removed in
the next version (1.0.6).
Thx for your posting, else I didn't find it out.
Comment by: Bernd Schrader | Posted: Saturday, 04 July 2009, 08:50AM (04/07/2009)
Here is just a link where you can read what happened with case folding collosion
http://kdbdallas.com/2008/12/23/fix-mercurial-case-folding-collisions/