Naming Syntax, Conventions and Limitations

User names

Length of user login = 64

User names can consist of any alphanumeric characters, plus dashes and underscores.

A user name cannot consist entirely of periods or spaces.

User passwords

Length of password = 128 chars

Can be empty.

Repositories

Length of repository name = 256 chars

Label Names

Length of label names = 256 chars

File Names

Length of a single file or folder name= 256 chars

Filenames are case-insensitive, so for example, files called File.txt and FILE.txt cannot exist in the same folder.

Filenames can consist of any characters except: / \ : * ? “ < > |

A file or folder name cannot consist entirely of periods or spaces, nor can it end in a period.

Paths

Length of an entire path in tree = 1024 chars

Groups

Length of a group name = 32

Length of group description = 256

Size of File Stored in Database

Limited to SQL or MSDE limits for binary large objects (image column type).

Number of Versions of a Given File

2^63-1