MerginMaps / MerginMaps/mobile
Filenames that cause problems on other platforms should not be allowed
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Description
Seen in the wild: a user has attached a picture (on Android) that had a questionmark ? in the filename - which is fine on linux-based systems, but not on windows. We should check for any well-known characters that may be causing difficulties on other systems, and rename files in the project to avoid this kind of issues...
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Android filename example and the linked platform filename rules. The issue names no source files or tests and leaves unclear whether invalid names should be rejected or renamed; clarify that scope first, then verify the chosen behavior across the affected platforms.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, linux
- Domain
- mobile-dev, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100