[darcs-users] Adding several files with the same name
David Roundy
droundy at abridgegame.org
Mon Sep 27 09:36:11 UTC 2004
On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 06:06:29PM -0700, Vonleigh Simmons wrote:
> >> The problem I'm running into is that there will be several files in
> >>different locations, that have the same name. It seems that darcs
> >>doesn't support this and that every file must have a unique name. Is
> >>there any way around this limitation?
> >
> >As long as they are in different directories, files with the same name
> >are fine.
>
> OK, then I guess the errors weren't because the files had the same name,
> but because of the symlinks.
>
> Is there a timeframe on symlink support or is this not a priority of the
> project?
No, no timeframe for symlink support except "after 1.0". It's not a
priority for me. It's a portability headache (unless we just ignore
windows shortcuts... which isn't the best plan). On the other hand, it's
also something that wouldn't be too hard for someone else to implement.
--
David Roundy
http://www.abridgegame.org
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