Filename extension duplicated as part of the filename

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Edward Prochak

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Dec 5, 2017, 11:27:19 AM12/5/17
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Hi all,
I do not know yet if this issue is in TortoiseSVN or subversion or maybe in MS windows 7.

So the source file before check in is named something like
   PartNumber.ext
but name in the archive ends up as
   PartNumber.ext.ext

Any clues? I just started looking into this but could not find anything in the FAQ
or any results in google searches.

Heading to a meeting, but I'll add more details soon.
  ed

Edward Prochak

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Dec 5, 2017, 4:35:29 PM12/5/17
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here is a specific example using the subversion logs ---
---
Revision: 15012
Author: chrish
Date: 3:48:19 PM, Friday, February 05, 2016
Message:
Rev 6 - Added A/D dither option
----
Modified : <>Firmware/14-0004/source/14-0004-SRC.qar.qar

Revision: 14178
Author: chrish
Date: 8:45:10 AM, Friday, December 04, 2015
Message:
Reentered in new subdirectory format
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Added : <>Firmware/14-0004/source/14-0004-SRC.qar.qar
Added : <>Firmware/14-0004/documents/release_notes.txt
Added : <>Firmware/14-0004/release/14-0004-PRO.pof
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Now if I remove the extension in windows, the file type 
becomes just File and there is NO file extension.
I did just change the filename in subversion and it kept the extension
(so the filename in subversion is not "14-0004-SRC.qar.qar", but
it is now "14-0004-SRC.qar")

Updating my working folder also now shows the single extension name.
I'll let you all know if that fixed the issue.

Stefan

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Dec 9, 2017, 2:27:27 AM12/9/17
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Do you have explorer configured to hide file extensions of known file types? Then you won't see an extension in explorer even though it's there, and when you then add yourself an extension, the file actually has two.

Edward Prochak

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Dec 11, 2017, 5:47:14 PM12/11/17
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On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 2:27:27 AM UTC-5, Stefan wrote:

[] 
Do you have explorer configured to hide file extensions of known file types? Then you won't see an extension in explorer even though it's there, and when you then add yourself an extension, the file actually has two.

That is apparently what happened. And once it gets started, it just gets worse.

The solution was to remove the extra extension to rename the file within the
subversion archive. Then the original person having the problem refreshed
his working copy and all was well.

Enjoy!
  Ed

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