[p4] filename case woes: cannot rename Foo.H to Foo.h

Chuck Karish chuck.karish at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 09:41:42 PDT 2007


Do it from a Linux host.

Then install a submit trigger that enforces the case sensitivity you need.

  Chuck

On 7/24/07, Steve M. Robbins <steve at sumost.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a perforce server running on windows 2003, and mostly windows-based
> clients.  Unfortunately, we have a number of check-ins where "Foo.h" was
> accidentally named "Foo.H".  This doesn't bother MSVC, but it does bother
> gcc on linux.  :-(
>
> How can I rename the file?
>
> I've tried the P4V "Rename/Move" command (gives "no permission" error),
> and simply deleting it and re-adding it (file comes back with original name).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> -Steve
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