Hi Johannes, >> One thing I still would like to encourage to is to improve the error >> message which is really misleading in this case. > Well, that is at least something you could do. After all, you use a volunteer-driven project, so you could at least volunteer a little time to improving it yourself. That's true :) Thank you! Jonathan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> Gesendet: Montag, 4. März 2019 16:29 An: Wendeborn, Jonathan <Jonathan.Wendeborn@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: AW: fast-import fails with case sensitive tags due to case insensitive lock files Hi Jonathan, On Mon, 4 Mar 2019, Wendeborn, Jonathan wrote: > > Right now, you have some choices: > > • Volunteer to implement reftable. > > • Since you're on Windows 10, set your Git repository directory as > > case-sensitive. > > • Use Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is case sensitive and > > creates > > directories with that flag (even on NTFS), to do your import. > > • If you control the fast-export output, adjust the arguments you > > pass > > such that the output does not contain one of the offending tags. > > Hi Brian, > > Thank you very much for your answer! > > Unfortunately I am stuck with Windows 10 1703 which neither supports > case-sensitivity nor any Linux subsystem from the Microsoft Store :( Too bad. > Also, my employer unfortunately doesn’t allow me to invest the time to > implement reftable, Even worse! > so I guess I go with manually leaving out the one conflicting label I > found and tagging it manually afterward. That is a valid workaround. > One thing I still would like to encourage to is to improve the error > message which is really misleading in this case. Well, that is at least something you could do. After all, you use a volunteer-driven project, so you could at least volunteer a little time to improving it yourself. Ciao, Johannes
