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[Mario Lipinski <mario AT cacert.org>]

Hi,

Am 04.11.2010 02:02, schrieb Ian G:
> As far as I can tell, the problem relates to a Mac OS X problem with
> file systems, client-side.  It seems that the standard partition created
> for OS X uses case-insensitive file names in some sense or other.  When
> a filename is renamed client-side but kept in the same case-insensitive
> namespace, it does some trickery which OSX itself is quite happy with,
> but it is not handled by SVN.  SVN then typically gets into a mess with
> the 'svn mv' command putting that filename into a clagged state in the
> server.
> 
> From there on, no svns commands work when they trip on that old file.
> 
> The fix is some magic touch in the server.  Oh, and to not use
> case-insensitive OS X partitions...
> 
> In this particular case, (a) if you have Principles.html and
> New_Principles.html then you have the useful files, and (b) if you just
> want to convert these across to the git, I can send you a tarball.

Thanks for the hint. Can you please fix it in the repository? Seems I do
not have write access there. SVN admins are very restrictive :/

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Mario Lipinski
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