Re: [Monotone-devel] case insensitive file names

[Brian May]

Richard Levitte wrote:
> stephen_leake> Second, why does 'update' care if some files are
> stephen_leake> missing? They will be restored or not as appropriate by
> stephen_leake> the update anyway. In the current use case, this check
> stephen_leake> just gets in the way. I'll start another thread for
> stephen_leake> that.
>
> No, 'update' doesn't restore files, it merges changes into files that
> exist in the workspace.  If that change is a rename, it needs the
> original file to perform the rename.  If the change is a few added
> lines somewhere, it needs the original file (which might have been
> changed in the workspace as well) to make that change.
>   
I suspect the poster might be thinking of CVS, where update will restore 
missing files. In CVS the usual procedure for reverting a file is to 
delete it and the run cvs update.

To the best of my knowledge not applicable to any modern system though. 
Generally most systems use revert. The assumption being if you deleted a 
file, you had a good reason for doing so, and don't want it suddenly 
reappearing.

Brian May