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Re: [BUG] git-svn fails to rename files with %20 in filename

From
Steven Scott <steven@codemettle.com>
Date
Feb 21, 2011, 15:26 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Someone accidentally checked some files containing "%20" in their names
> into our svn repository, which is accessed with either svn or git-svn
> depending on the developer.
> When I attempted to correct this by renaming the file, I received (on
> dcommit):
> Filesystem has no item: File not found: revision 1, path
> '/theBeginningOfTheOriginalFileName theRestOfTheOriginalFilename'
> at /home/wpalmer/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 576

This is the same issue I've been seeing (except that the %20 is in a parent directory on the SVN server). It makes using git-svn fraught with danger, since I never know when I'm going to be unable to checkin days' worth of git commits.

-- 
Steven Scott
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Message 6 of 6 in “[BUG] git-svn fails to rename files with %20 in filename”
  1. Will PalmerFeb 21, 2011
  2. Jeff KingFeb 21, 2011
  3. Will PalmerFeb 22, 2011
  4. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2011
  5. Steven ScottMar 2, 2011
  6. Steven ScottFeb 21, 2011

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