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[PATCH 5/6] Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=true

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Aug 16, 2010, 19:38 UTC
Message-ID
<0071a1bcd83200e693d73049672fa2d6ac73dbbc.1281985411.git.j6t@kdbg.org>
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From: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>

When MyDir/ABC/filea.txt is added to Git, the disk directory MyDir/ABC/ is renamed to mydir/aBc/, and then mydir/aBc/fileb.txt is added, the index will contain MyDir/ABC/filea.txt and mydir/aBc/fileb.txt. Although the earlier portions of this patch series account for those differences in case, this patch makes the pathing consistent by folding the case of newly added files against the first file added with that path.

In read-cache.c's add_to_index(), the index_name_exists() support used for git status's case insensitive directory lookups is used to find the proper directory case according to what the user already checked in. That is, MyDir/ABC/'s case is used to alter the stored path for fileb.txt to MyDir/ABC/fileb.txt (instead of mydir/aBc/fileb.txt).

This is especially important when cloning a repository to a case sensitive file system. MyDir/ABC/ and mydir/aBc/ exist in the same directory on a Windows machine, but on Linux, the files exist in two separate directories. The update to add_to_index(), in effect, treats a Windows file system as case sensitive by making path case consistent.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
 read-cache.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index f1f789b..ae1366a 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -608,6 +608,29 @@ int add_to_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, struct stat *st,
 		ce->ce_mode = ce_mode_from_stat(ent, st_mode);
 	}
 
+	/* When core.ignorecase=true, determine if a directory of the same name but differing
+	 * case already exists within the Git repository.  If it does, ensure the directory
+	 * case of the file being added to the repository matches (is folded into) the existing
+	 * entry's directory case.
+	 */
+	if (ignore_case) {
+		const char *startPtr = ce->name;
+		const char *ptr = startPtr;
+		while (*ptr) {
+			while (*ptr && *ptr != '/')
+				++ptr;
+			if (*ptr == '/') {
+				struct cache_entry *foundce;
+				++ptr;
+				foundce = index_name_exists(&the_index, ce->name, ptr - ce->name, ignore_case);
+				if (foundce) {
+					memcpy((void*)startPtr, foundce->name + (startPtr - ce->name), ptr - startPtr);
+					startPtr = ptr;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	alias = index_name_exists(istate, ce->name, ce_namelen(ce), ignore_case);
 	if (alias && !ce_stage(alias) && !ie_match_stat(istate, alias, st, ce_option)) {
 		/* Nothing changed, really */
-- 
1.7.1.402.gf1eeb
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  1. 0/6 Extensions of core.ignorecase=true supportJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  2. 1/6 Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.Johannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  5. Joshua JensenAug 18, 2010
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  7. Johannes SixtAug 18, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 18, 2010
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 29, 2010
  10. Joshua JensenAug 30, 2010
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 30, 2010
  12. Jonathan NiederAug 30, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederAug 30, 2010
  14. Johannes SixtAug 30, 2010
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 30, 2010
  16. Johannes SixtAug 30, 2010
  17. 2/6 Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecaseJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  18. 3/6 Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git statusJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  19. 4/6 Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-filesJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  20. 5/6 Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=trueJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  21. 6/6 Support case folding in git fast-import when core.ignorecase=trueJohannes Sixt, Aug 16, 2010
  22. Robert BuckAug 17, 2010
  23. Johannes SixtAug 17, 2010
  24. Robert BuckAug 18, 2010
  25. Johannes SixtAug 18, 2010
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2010

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