[darcs-devel] [issue2356] darcs refuses to edit files in subdirectory named 'data'

[Eric Kow]

Eric Kow <kowey at darcs.net> added the comment:

Also, how about `darcs changes Data --summary`? (and `darcs changes
data --summary` too)
I'm curious to see what the patches think the filename is.

On 8 February 2014 18:37, Eric Kow <bugs at darcs.net> wrote:
>
> Eric Kow <kowey at darcs.net> added the comment:
>
> Hi Evan,
>
> What does `darcs show files | grep -i data` say?
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> On 8 February 2014 18:34, Evan Laforge <bugs at darcs.net> wrote:
>>
>> New submission from Evan Laforge <qdunkan at gmail.com>:
>>
>> I have a directory named 'data' (lowercase d).  If I try to modify a
>> file in it, I get this:
>>
>> % darcs mv data/bloom.gz data/bloom
>>
>> darcs failed:  Data/bloom.gz is inexistant.
>>
>>
>> Notice the capital D.  Similarly:
>>
>> % darcs add data/blah
>> Skipping 'Data/blah' ... couldn't add parent directory 'Data' to repository
>>
>> darcs failed:  No files were added
>>
>>
>> This is on OS X, which has a semi-case insensitive filesystem, which
>> is probably relevant.  E.g. I can do 'ls Data' and get the 'data'
>> directory back, but if I look at the results of
>> Directory.readDirectory, it's 'data'.
>>
>> I can work around the problem by branching the repo, and the new repo
>> seems to accept changes in 'data'.  However, eventually this bug comes
>> back (I've already done the workaround a couple of times).
>>
>> BTW, "x is inexistent" is pretty awkward wording.
>>
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>> title: darcs refuses to edit files in subdirectory named 'data'
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