Re: CVS working directories on FAT

[Geoff Beier]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:46:02PM -0500, Braden McDaniel wrote:
> I was hoping to be able to share CVS working directories between boots 
> to Linux and Windows by putting them on a FAT partition. However, I'm 
> running into the problem that case is not preserved for file names not 
> longer than 8 characters. For instance, a file "README" in the 
> repository becomes "readme" in the working directory, and cvs then 
> becomes confused.
> 
> Does anyone know of a way of coping with this? (Aside from simply 
> avoiding having problem files in the repository.)

Do not share working directories between boots to Linux and Windows. The
two platforms do not handle text the same way, or (as you have seen)
filesystems. You will have problems if you try to do this, and there is
very little benefit.

Good luck,

Geoff