From: "Torsten Bögershausen" <tboegi@web.de>
To: Reuben Hawkins <reubenhwk@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dpotapov@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] init-db.c: honor case on case preserving fs
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:17:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52ECE5EB.6090304@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391246067-30499-1-git-send-email-reubenhwk@gmail.com>
On 2014-02-01 10.14, Reuben Hawkins wrote:
> Most case-insensitive filesystems are case-preserving. In these
> filesystems (such as HFS+ on OS X) you can name a file Filename.txt,
> then rename the file to FileName.txt. That file will be accessible
> by both filenames, but the case is otherwise honored. We don't want
> to have git ignore case on these case-preserving filesystem
> implementations.
Yes, we want.
Because the file system will treat "Filename.txt" and "FileName.txt"
the same.
Whatever is on disc, the OS will not distinguish them.
(On a case-insensitive HFS+ partition).
And when core.ignorecase == true, Git does the same what the OS does,
ignore the case.
Could you describe the problems more in detail ?
Could you supply a test case, (or a short script) which shows
the problem and makes it reproducable for others?
Which problems does your patch solve, which can not be solved
by setting core.ignorecase==false manually?
/Torsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-01 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-01 9:14 [PATCH 1/2] init-db.c: honor case on case preserving fs Reuben Hawkins
2014-02-01 9:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] init-db.c: factor out probe_case_sensitivity func Reuben Hawkins
2014-02-01 12:17 ` Torsten Bögershausen [this message]
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2014-02-01 23:47 ` [PATCH 1/2] init-db.c: honor case on case preserving fs Dmitry Potapov
2014-02-02 18:08 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <CAHkcotg3McjrnQ_rLi4YpLAauMQT6U0kjEp1eu+6jxbuRY5zrA@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CAD_8n+TQ4i2Z5zePXCTqpdF8mpRrzzKjDUB-NxZ1PJAwek-y1w@mail.gmail.com>
2014-02-02 5:46 ` Dmitry Potapov
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