From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40E61F516 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:40:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750839AbeFXLkC convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2018 07:40:02 -0400 Received: from bbox.sascha.silbe.org ([46.38.230.149]:58149 "EHLO bbox.sascha.silbe.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750795AbeFXLkB (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2018 07:40:01 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 564 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 07:40:01 EDT Received: from mimosa.sascha.silbe.org (unknown [46.189.28.91]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "", Issuer "stunnel Pseudo-CA" (verified OK)) by bbox.sascha.silbe.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2903BEF36 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:30:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: (nullmailer pid 29541 invoked by uid 8193); Sun, 24 Jun 2018 11:26:33 -0000 To: Bryan Turner , Marc Strapetz , git@vger.kernel.org Cc: sunshine@sunshineco.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: declare "core.ignorecase" as internal variable In-Reply-To: References: <7f6b2a42-334d-9443-7b89-625069931ca7@syntevo.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:26:10 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT From: Sascha Silbe Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello Bryan, hello Marc, Marc Strapetz writes: > The current description of "core.ignoreCase" reads like an option which > is intended to be changed by the user while it's actually expected to > be set by Git on initialization only. This is especially important for > Git for Windows, as noted by Bryan Turner [1]: Does this apply to Mac OS X as well? I helped someone recently who had trouble with renamed files (case change only) in a repository residing on a case-insensitive HFS+ file system. Setting core.ignoreCase explicitly (apparently it didn't get set automatically during clone for some reason) helped; the files are recognised correctly now and the case-only rename could be pulled. Is the post-clone change insufficient on Mac OS X? Do we need to replace the existing repository and clone again using '--config core.ignoreCase=true' to avoid future issues? PS: Including the message-id of the mail being referenced would be useful; the id in the URL you gave is specific to the service being used (public-inbox.org) and cannot be used to reference the mail in any other archive (local or public). If you use the mid: syntax (RFC 1630) some MUAs can even recognise the link and open the mail directly. Sascha -- Softwareentwicklung Sascha Silbe, Niederhofenstraße 5/1, 71229 Leonberg https://se-silbe.de/ USt-IdNr.: DE281696641