NASA-AMMOS / NASA-AMMOS/plandev

Workspaces can have the same filename multiple times as long as each one has a slightly different cased string

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Description

Checked for duplicates

Yes - I've already checked

Is this a regression?

No - This is a new bug

Version

develop

Describe the bug

Within the same workspace directory, you can have a file name test1.seqN.txt and another file with the name test1.SEQN.txt with different file contents. Depending on the OS, if you attempt to download those files into the same directory, the names will clash.

I'm not really sure if this is technically a bug, but it's certainly an unexpected inconsistency.

Reproduction
  1. Create a workspace
  2. Add a file with a name in all lowercase
  3. Add another file with the same name, but in all uppercase
Logs

System Info
Mac OS 15.7.4
Severity

Minor

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in a workspace using two filenames that differ only by case, then trace workspace filename validation and the download path. Compare behavior across case-sensitive and case-insensitive filesystems; done means the project has a documented and tested outcome for duplicate case variants without download name clashes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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