[darcs-users] downshifting from a case-sensitive to case-insensitive file system

Yitzchak Gale gale at sefer.org
Wed Dec 19 10:30:36 UTC 2007


Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> ...I had to
> upgrade to Leopard with a case-INsensitive volume formatting.
> Now, I had a single darcs repository with one pair of files differing
> only in case.
> I have the original directory with darcs repo backed up on a case-
> sensitive volume.

Is it important for you to have a copy of this repo
on the case-insensitive volume? I have a case-sensitive
volume always mounted where I keep repos like that.

> There, I can darcs mv one to a different name.  But
> will the history be preserved properly?

I think so. Try it in a copy of the repo on the case-sensitive
volume, and do a darcs changes on each file to test.

-Yitz


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