[svnbook] r4338 committed - * en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml...
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Revision: 4338
Author: cmpilato at gmail.com
Date: Fri Jan 18 13:31:01 2013
Log: * en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml
(svn.tour.importing.naming): Warning about how different OSes
allow/disallow certain path names, and recommend that users put some
thought into such things.
http://code.google.com/p/svnbook/source/detail?r=4338
Modified:
/trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml
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--- /trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml Mon Sep 3 18:37:31 2012
+++ /trunk/en/book/ch02-basic-usage.xml Fri Jan 18 13:31:01 2013
@@ -347,6 +347,23 @@
use it will automatically escape illegal
path characters as needed in URLs that you type.</para>
+ <warning>
+ <para>Of course, when it comes to choosing valid path names,
+ Subversion isn't the only limiting factor. Teams using
+ multiple operating systems need to consider the limitations
+ placed on path names by those operating systems, too. For
+ example, while Windows disallows the use of colon characters
+ in file names, a user on a Linux system can very easily add
+ such a file to version control, resulting in a dataset that
+ can no longer be checked out on Windows. Adding multiple
+ files to a directory whose names differ only in their letter
+ casing will likewise cause problems for users checking out
+ working copies onto case-insensitive filesystems. So, some
+ broad awareness of the various limitations introduced by
+ different operating systems and filesystems, then, is
+ recommended.</para>
+ </warning>
+
</sect2>
</sect1>
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