On Sep 24, 2012, at 03:17, Andreas Tscharner wrote: > >> It's not a bug in Subversion; it's a "feature" (or at least a >> reality that's unlikely to change) of the Windows operating >> system. On Windows, you may not create a file whose name is >> "PRN", with any extension. > > It would be a great benefit for the user if SVN warns about that fact during > "svn add"...
Subversion can't really know if you care about Windows compatibility. Many people don't. What you can do though, if you care about Windows compatibility, is to write a pre-commit hook script that prevents the addition of files with those names. It won't alert you when you "svn add", but it will prevent the "svn commit".
