<i>fossil rm "not a ordinary file" errors</i>.
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anonymous
2010-01-23 23:35:35.
D 2010-01-23T23:35:35
J comment Recently\sthere\swas\sa\schange\sto\show\sfossil\srm\sworks\sthat\scompletely\sbreaks\sit.\s\sPreviously,\syou\swould\sfossil\srm\sa\sfile,\sand\sthen\syou\scould\sremove\sthe\sfile\smanually.\s\sOn\scommit\sit\swould\sthen\sregister\sthe\srm\sjust\sfine.\r\n\r\nNow\sI\sget\sthis:\r\n\r\n<verbatim>\r\nTotal\snetwork\straffic:\s309\sbytes\ssent,\s3684\sbytes\sreceived\r\nfossil:\snot\sa\sordinary\sfile:\s/home/zedshaw/projects/mything/thedeletedfile.html\r\n</verbatim>\r\n\r\nThe\sonly\ssolution\sis\sto\stouch\sthat\sfile\sand\sthen\scommit.\s\sNow,\sthinking\sthat\smaybe\sfossil\sdeletes\sthe\sfile\son\scommit\sI\swent\sto\scheck\sif\sthese\sfiles\sare\sgone\sbut\sthey\saren't.\r\n\r\nThe\sproblem\sis,\sfossil\sshould\seither\sdo\sone\sof\sthree\sthings:\r\n\r\n1)\sIgnore\sthe\sdeleted\sfiles\slike\sbefore\son\scommit,\ssince\sthem\sbeing\sdeleted\sis\snot\san\serror.\r\n2)\sIf\sit\srequires\sthe\sfile\sto\sbe\sthere\son\scommit,\sthen\safter\scommit\sit\sshould\sdelete\sthem\sotherwise\smajor\sconsistency\sproblems\sarise.\r\n3)\sPreferrably,\sif\son\sfossil\scommit\sif\sthe\sfile\sis\sgone,\sthen\sfine\signore\sit,\sif\sthe\sfile\sis\sthere,\sthen\sdelete\sit.\s\sLeave\sfossil\srm\sas-is.\r\n\r\nRequiring\sa\smanual\sdelete\safter\sa\scommit\sis\sjust\smaking\sme\sdo\saccounting\swork\sthat\sfossil\scan\sfigure\sout.
J foundin 3519169ea8801ec0480903c911e60226a51b1836
J private_contact 4b6281b0da561d3b4396c6498527621c42b4ad58
J severity Critical
J status Open
J title fossil\srm\s"not\sa\sordinary\sfile"\serrors
J type Code_Defect
K 15f8f4a425248c35fe0babfcb6ccf45f1d5b9932
U anonymous
Z 9210cae7ad0105c5612fc0d6b2a60e86