Re: [ptp-user] Remote sync with invalid directories

[John Eblen <jeblen@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Rocky

Thank you for reporting this problem. I wasn't aware of these restrictions

on Windows file names. Please create a ticket in Bugzilla.

Thanks again

John

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Rocky Dunlap <rocky.dunlap@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Following up with my previous message, a directory with the name
"About.." causes the same issue and sync fails.

org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.InvalidPathException: Invalid path:
src/addon/MAPL/GMAO_mpeu/About..

Rocky

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Rocky Dunlap <rocky.dunlap@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remote sync will fail when certain disallowed directories appear on
> the remote server.  For example, I am syncing between a Linux remote
> machine and Windows local machine.  On the remote side there is a
> sub-directory named "aux" and this particular directory is disallowed
> on Windows.  (Try creating a directory with that name if you don't
> believe me.  There are other disallowed names.)
>
> On sync, you get an error message:
>
> "An internal error occurred during: "Remote Synchronization".
> Invalid path: aux
>
> The stack trace in the log:
>
> org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.InvalidPathException: Invalid path: aux
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.checkValidPathSegment(DirCacheCheckout.java:1289)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.checkValidPath(DirCacheCheckout.java:1250)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.processEntry(DirCacheCheckout.java:312)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.prescanOneTree(DirCacheCheckout.java:291)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.doCheckout(DirCacheCheckout.java:409)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.checkout(DirCacheCheckout.java:394)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.api.MergeCommand.call(MergeCommand.java:255)
> at org.eclipse.ptp.internal.rdt.sync.git.core.JGitRepo.merge(JGitRepo.java:601)
> at org.eclipse.ptp.internal.rdt.sync.git.core.GitSyncService.doSyncRL(GitSyncService.java:695)
> at org.eclipse.ptp.internal.rdt.sync.git.core.GitSyncService.doSync(GitSyncService.java:604)
> at org.eclipse.ptp.internal.rdt.sync.git.core.GitSyncService.synchronize(GitSyncService.java:506)
> at org.eclipse.ptp.rdt.sync.core.SyncManager$SynchronizeJob.run(SyncManager.java:80)
> at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
> Caused by: org.eclipse.jgit.errors.CorruptObjectException: invalid name 'AUX'
> at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectChecker.checkNotWindowsDevice(ObjectChecker.java:481)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectChecker.checkPathSegment2(ObjectChecker.java:469)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectChecker.checkPathSegment(ObjectChecker.java:440)
> at org.eclipse.jgit.dircache.DirCacheCheckout.checkValidPathSegment(DirCacheCheckout.java:1286)
> ... 12 more
>
>
> This is somewhat unsatisfying.  Some better options might be:
>
> 1.  Rename the invalid directory, e.g., "_aux" and allow the sync.
> Let the user deal with the consequences of the rename.  This behavior
> happens in other tools, e.g., when unzipping a file or ftping
> directory to Windows with the name "aux."
>
> 2.  At least include a clearer error message stating why the sync
> failed and what the user should do to enable the sync (e.g., rename
> directories).
>
> Let me know if I should create a ticket in Bugzilla.
>
> Rocky
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