Can SVN handle case sensitivity issues?

Question

Is there a way to force SVN to be case insensitive? We have an issue where a user commits from a linux environment with files say \"file.ext\" and \"File.ext\". Works just

Answer 1

I would say you are looking at things the wrong way around. The best solution here is to maintain your files to a case sensitive manner. What if a user checks out in Linux or Solaris, the project will be unusable.

Also, consider some language compilers that depend on the case sensitivity, the Java compiler will complain about the file names, as I am sure other languages will.

Another issue, is deployment, what if you deploy on a *NIX system. Then your in trouble!