LocalHistory sometimes saves backup files within wrong path

[SylwesterZarebski]

Sometimes LocalHistory saves backup files with absolute path and not relative and with small letters.
These backup files is not visible in Local History window.

Normally backup files are stored like (for solution in d:/Projects/MySolution and MyProject):
d:/Projects/MySolution/.localhistory/MyProject/SubDirectory/1448363004$MyFile.cs but sometimes it creates directories like: d:/Projects/MySolution/.localhistory/d/projects/mysolution/myproject/subdirectory/1448363004$myfile.cs`

It happens very random, sometimes many times a day, sometimes many days without problem...

[curzona]

The wrong path is created when it thinks the file is outside the current solution.
https://github.com/curzona/local-history-visual-studio/blob/master/LocalHistory/DocumentRepository.cs#L106

Are you opening/closing/changing solutions after opening visual studio?
When the bug occurs does it happen for every save until VisualStudio is reopened?

[SylwesterZarebski]

No to both questions. It happens very random, today saves about 10 "abnormal" history and about 100 "normal". My guess is something inside (maybe Windows internal) returning lowercased path.

[SylwesterZarebski]

It looks like there is problem with opened file path saved in solution (suo files).
Reproduced this as:

1. Open VS, open any solution
2. Open two files with one file in current tab
3. Close solution, close VS
4. Open VS, open solution
5. Save file in current tab - it works good
6. Change to other file/tab (one which wasn't active when closing solution), save this file - backup goes to wrong directory.

Closing tab/file and opening bring back correct backup path.
Maybe this is Visual Studio bug or some extension make this? I'll try to check on vanilla install.

PS. My Visual Studio version is 2013.

[SylwesterZarebski]

Just tested with disabled extensions and also SafeMode and it looks like Visual Studio save wrong (lowercased) paths in SUO file and then use it after solution reopening.

[patrickwolf]

Maybe it has to do with the Resharper extension because for me most files are saved in the wrong path which makes them not show up in the Local History tab.

Would be awesome to get this fixed!

[SylwesterZarebski]

More testing shows it is very weird because reopened solutions shows lowercased paths for all files besides the one which was current when closing solution. Check for path by hovering over opened file tab shows lowercased path.

I do not use ReSharper.
In free time i'll prepare clean system with clean VS 2015 to test it more.