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Ticket UUID: 1501b8bf3b229e78b4fc25c570a3810d77d6b82b
Title: repository created in linux can't be open in windows
Status: Closed Type: Code_Defect
Severity: Important Priority:
Subsystem: Resolution: Not_A_Bug
Last Modified: 2009-02-19 00:11:47
Version Found In: 472f9411ee
Description & Comments:
Hi, I am using fossil just a couple of days, and it is wanderful - I find it very practical and it meets all my needs. Sorry for bloating the ticket with a praise, but I'd like to give some positive feedback... :-)

Here is my problem: - I've created a repository in linux. Commited several times, closed, reopen, everything works. The repository (called unilang) contains a single directory "unilang" with several files. - I've copied the repository to windows and tried fossil open - it failed:

C:\Users\Orest\Documents\rep>fossil open unilang

ADD unilang/calc.g

(null): unable to create directory C:/Users/Orest/Documents/rep/unilang

The path in the error message contains slashes (as in linux), while a valid windows path contains backslashes - could that be related ?

- I still could open the repository in window using "fossil ui unilang" without problems. So I 've extracted a zip file, unzipped and created a new repository with the same file structure in windows. That works - I can open it in windows on another place witout problems. And - it as well works in linux - fossil open can creates all the files in linux from a repository created in windows. So what does not work is creating in linux, opening in windows...

Best Regards, Orest


anonymous claiming to be ge@weijers.org added on 2009-01-31 16:51:59:
FYI: I built the exact revision of fossil.exe on Windows XP using the latest MinGW, and copied a repository from linux.

I am unable to reproduce this behavior, 'fossil open' created all the directories and source files.


anonymous added on 2009-02-04 18:54:31:
So far I could only try on Vista, but I'll try XP ASAP. Orest


kkinnell added on 2009-02-13 17:17:53:
Out of curiosity, what happens if you run the server on the Linux box and clone it to the Windows box?


anonymous claiming to be wim@asgc.be added on 2009-02-17 18:52:15:
I just created a repository on a linux box (CentOS 5) and I am now happily committing from a clone on a Windows Vista (Business) machine. It might be worthwhile checking the errors/comments given when cloning on the Windows box.

My fossil version is 472f9411ee (precompiled binaries for Linux and Windows).


anonymous added on 2009-02-18 21:46:47:
Sorry, I must have done something wrong the first time. It is working now... Orest


bharder added on 2009-02-19 00:11:47:
Closed, as per last remark in thread.