Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Automatic setting of "chars_to_quote"

[Andrew K. Bressen]

Ben Escoto <address@hidden> writes:
> About what you suggest, I see at least two potential problems:
>
> 1) Later on, someone tries to back up a different, case-sensitive,
>    file system to the same repository.  This is a problem because the
>    quoting is a property of the entire repository, not an individual
>    session.
>
> 2) Although the root source directory is case-insensitive, other
>    filesystems are mounted inside and are case-sensitive.

I suspect that keeping the current default behavior and writing the 
docs to call attention to the fact that folks might want to flip this bit
is probably the way to go. 

That way, folks who don't bother to read too carefully may think the 
repository is ugly, but won't shoot themselves in the feet, while those
who do read the docs can make it work the way they want to while being
warned of possible consequences. 

(Assuming, of course, that --chars-to-quote makes it to a documented state,
and gets a little more fault-tolerant).