Small bug when changing folder name to lowercase

[5wl4omaa9k]

Hi,

I noticed a small bug (I think) that lead to an Out of sync situation.

Computer A and B are both on Win7 64-bit, ST v1.3.0, Windows (64 bit). Here is how to reproduce:

1. First share a folder between two computers:

   • Computer A: D:\Share\ : Send and receive
   • Computer B: D:\Share\ : Send and receive

2. Put a subfolder TEST containing a few files in Computer A’s D:\Share. Wait for synchronization and for an Up to date state on both computers.

3. Shutdown ST on Computer B.

4. On computer A, rename TEST to Test, and add a few files inside this folder or rename those which were already present.

5. Start ST on Compuer B

6. This might generate an “Out of sync” state.

Do you have any idea about this?

[AudriusButkevicius]

This is known, there is an issue open in github for this years ago about case only renames.

[5wl4omaa9k]

Oh ok, thank you for your answer. Is this only present on Windows 7 or Linux too?

Is there a well-known workaround?

Congrats again for this wonderful software I use all the time!

[AudriusButkevicius]

This is only an issue on case insensitive filesystems, which is Windows and OS X.

[terry]

I’ve got around this issue by going up to W10 and installing the Linux feature then powershelling the receiving folder to be case sensitive*. Since doing this I get almost no St issues.

*Go into synced folder then (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Directory).FullName | ForEach-Object {fsutil.exe file setCaseSensitiveInfo $_ enable}

[5wl4omaa9k]

Would this work under Windows 7 too? What kind of scripting language is this?

[terry]

No, it’s a new feature in Windows 10. Powershell has been around for several years.