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@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ because doing a checkout fails, because the crippled filesystem
doesn't support files with colons (':'), question marks ('?') or
double quotes ('"') in them.
Similar issues:
* windows bugs:
* [[bugs/Can__39__t_clone_on_Windows_because_some_filenames_have_a_colon_in_them/]]
* [[bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository/]]
* more general feature request:
[[forum/Wishlist:_rename_files__47__dirs_w__47___special_characters_if_filesystem_is_FAT/]]
The above issue specifically request that files with "special" characters be supported in vFAT or even Windows, but here is a different issue: I am worried about potential data loss and lack of anti-foot-shooting device in case a user adds an external hard drive or USB key that are widely formatted as vFAT and then triggers destruction of all files (after garbage collection).
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
<pre>
@ -38,14 +48,6 @@ I didn't expect that to fail: a test run here doesn't delete files on /srv/mp3..
### Please provide any additional information below.
Similar issues:
* windows bugs:
* [[bugs/Can__39__t_clone_on_Windows_because_some_filenames_have_a_colon_in_them/]]
* [[bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository/]]
* more general feature request:
[[forum/Wishlist:_rename_files__47__dirs_w__47___special_characters_if_filesystem_is_FAT/]]
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