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Ticket UUID:	db4ce49690ba13eedda7221cf3bebbef29787158
Title:	Files with attributes not overwritten
Status:	Closed	Type:	Code_Defect
Severity:	Important	Priority:
Subsystem:		Resolution:	Works_As_Designed
Last Modified:	2011-09-08 19:29:19
Version Found In:	20100124175507
Description & Comments:
If a file added to a repository has any attributes (hidden, read-only, system), it will commit without error, but if the file exists when a check-out occurs it cannot be overwritten. Fossil displays: fossil: unable to open file "C:/Users/Doug/fossil/hidden_file.txt" for writing The file cannot be removed from the repository until a full check-out has occurred, so the file has to be manually removed from the file system first. This happens whether fossil is run as an administrator or not. Script: echo "test data" > hidden_file.txt attrib +h hidden_file.txt fossil new hidden-file-test.fossil fossil open hidden-file-test.fossil fossil add hidden_file.txt fossil setting clearsign 0 fossil commit -m "Add hidden file" fossil close fossil open hidden-file-test.fossil fossil rm hidden_file.txt fossil commit -m "rm test" fossil close rwilson added on 2010-01-29 01:43:09: i think this works as designed; fossil does not preserve file attributes (by design) and the operating system doesn't allow fossil to overwrite hidden files - not fossil's fault. perhaps the design could improve by adding some features to ignore certain file types or attributes on fossil add, but that is another topic.