[darcs-users] downshifting from a case-sensitive to case-insensitive file system

[David Roundy]

On Dec 19, 2007 5:30 AM, Yitzchak Gale <gale at sefer.org> wrote:
> > There, I can darcs mv one to a different name.  But
> > will the history be preserved properly?
>
> I think so. Try it in a copy of the repo on the case-sensitive
> volume, and do a darcs changes on each file to test.

Yes, history will be preserved fine.  It may not be possible, however,
to do a darcs get (especially with older darcs) onto a
case-insensitive filesystem.  You can do a darcs get --partial, or
copy an existing repo without trouble, however.  The new hashed format
will work fine for this purpose, but it may undergo another format
change before the release of darcs 2.0.

David