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[bug] `LICENSE` and `README.md` are valid files

Open piranna opened this issue 3 years ago • 5 comments

Remove LICENSE and README.md files, since they are valid on Windows.

Just trolling ;-) But maybe the other ones can be moved inside a folder, so all the files inside that folder has invalid names.

piranna avatar Aug 11 '22 12:08 piranna

Proposal to rename them to LICENSE.aux and README.PRN.md (the forbidden names seem to be case-insensitive).

Kristine1975 avatar Aug 12 '22 11:08 Kristine1975

Is it a matter of having the bad names as file extension? That would be really devilish...

piranna avatar Aug 12 '22 12:08 piranna

Extensions might be ok (so never mind about LICENSE.aux), since LaTeX uses .aux files without causing problems on Windows. Or maybe LaTeX doesn't use the same functions for file access as the Windows GUI, similar to how only the Explorer etc. have problems with paths that are "too long", while e.g. cygwin deals with them perfectly fine. On Twitter, foone said the Windows Linux subsystem has no problems with these "forbidden files".

Kristine1975 avatar Aug 12 '22 13:08 Kristine1975

<LICENSE> and README.<>.md could probably work, windows hates <>

infernostars avatar Sep 23 '22 05:09 infernostars

As does every C++ programmer ;-)

Kristine1975 avatar Sep 23 '22 13:09 Kristine1975