Project path and code can't start with a number

Created by: koenpunt

In the last update (2.7) the path and code fields of a repository are validated against /^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]*$/ , but here at our company we are numbering most of the projects, like 12_project_description and 13_some_other_project and this breaks that.

Is there a specific reason to not allow path and code to start with a number?

Created by: dzaporozhets

Its expected behaviour. Sorry for that but we got some issues with gitolite repo starting from non letter symbol.

By Administrator on 2012-07-25T18:18:50 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: dzaporozhets

so for better system stability we decided to do it

By Administrator on 2012-07-25T18:20:21 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: koenpunt

Ok, haven't had any problems with it so far, so I'll just modify the validation rules and hope to see it back in the source. Any clues of what's causing the problem in gitolite?

By Administrator on 2012-07-26T08:17:38 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: koenpunt

According to the README of the latest gitolite (3), project names can start with a alphanumeric

* User and repo names are as simple as possible; they must start with an
  alphanumeric, but after that they can also contain '.', '_', or '-'.

So changing the regex from /\A[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]*\z/ to /\A[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]*\z/ shouldn't be that much of a problem I think.

By Administrator on 2012-10-29T15:36:31 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: koenpunt

@mikkyhouse Any comment on closing these issues?

By Administrator on 2013-02-26T15:01:53 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: dosire

@koenpunt I think that the comment Its expected behaviour. Sorry for that but we got some issues with gitolite repo starting from non letter symbol. so for better system stability we decided to do it still stands. Right now GitLab no longer uses Gitolite but I don't think that starting with a special character is a good practice. BTW From now on feature requests go on http://gitlab.uservoice.com/forums/176466-general

By Administrator on 2013-02-27T20:09:40 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: koenpunt

@dosire Since when are numbers special characters?

By Administrator on 2013-02-28T14:09:48 (imported from GitLab)

Created by: dosire

@koenpunt I meant non-letter. Thanks for opening https://gitlab.uservoice.com/admin/forums/176466-general/suggestions/3700914-allow-repositories-to-start-with-a-number?tracking_code=58d6e1697b810c4e0b6b6653b63474c4

By Administrator on 2013-03-01T09:51:30 (imported from GitLab)