[rdiff-backup-users] uppercase-translation

[Wout Mertens]

Hi there,

I took a look at rdiff-backup 1.1.5 to see what all the hype was  
about :)

I tried to sync from my Mac to another Mac, using the default  
settings. I noticed two annoying issues. One is the uppercase- 
translation, and the other is resource fork handling. I'll put the  
resource fork problem in another thread.


The uppercase-translation may be necessary in case you are syncing  
from a system with a case-sensitive filesystem onto a case- 
insensitive filesystem, but this is not so in my case. How can this  
be turned off?

Moreover, two files with the same name but different cases don't  
exist that much. So why not make the uppercase-translation only kick  
in when you're adding a new file that would overwrite an existing one  
in the repository? All case-insensitive filesystems I know are case- 
preserving.

One of the strengths of rdiff-backup is that it gives you a read-only  
repository on the remote end. Translating uppercase characters makes  
that go away :-(

Thanks,

Wout.