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Re: Cross-Platform Version Control

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Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date
May 13, 2009, 21:04 UTC
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On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:37:28AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> Note: in all of the above, I assume that people care more about just plain 
> UTF characters (and the insane NFD form OS X uses) than about worrying 
> about the _really_ subtle issues of case-independence. Those are a major 
> pain, but they will need even more "internal" support, because there 
> simply isn't any sane wrapping method.

Stupid question --- if we get something that works for Windows and MacOS X, is there any reason why we need to solve the general problem of case-insentive filesystems? It's really backwards compatibility with Legacy OS's that most important, right? Are there any other systems other than Windows and Mac OS X which (a) perpetrate case insensitivity on application programmers, and (b) which current or future git users are likely to care about?

						- Ted
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Message 19 of 59 in “Re: Cross-Platform Version Control”
  1. Esko LuontolaMay 12, 2009
  2. Shawn O. PearceMay 12, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinMay 12, 2009
  4. Esko LuontolaMay 12, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinMay 12, 2009
  6. Esko LuontolaMay 12, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2009
  8. Esko LuontolaMay 13, 2009
  9. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2009
  11. Jeff KingMay 12, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinMay 12, 2009
  13. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  14. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  15. Andreas EricssonMay 13, 2009
  16. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  17. Martin LanghoffMay 13, 2009
  18. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  19. Theodore TsoMay 13, 2009
  20. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  21. Daniel BarkalowMay 13, 2009
  22. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  23. Matthias AndreeMay 13, 2009
  24. Linus TorvaldsMay 13, 2009
  25. Jay SoffianMay 13, 2009
  26. Matthias AndreeMay 13, 2009
  27. Dmitry PotapovMay 12, 2009
  28. Martin LanghoffMay 12, 2009
  29. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2009
  30. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii file/usernamesHeiko Voigt, May 12, 2009
  31. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2009
  32. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii filenamesHeiko Voigt, May 14, 2009
  33. Martin LanghoffMay 15, 2009
  34. Heiko VoigtMay 18, 2009
  35. Jakub NarebskiMay 18, 2009
  36. check for filenames that only differ in case to sample pre-commit hookHeiko Voigt, Jun 20, 2009
  37. Jakub NarebskiMay 15, 2009
  38. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii filenamesHeiko Voigt, May 18, 2009
  39. Johannes SixtMay 18, 2009
  40. Heiko VoigtMay 18, 2009
  41. Johannes SixtMay 18, 2009
  42. Extend sample pre-commit hook to check for non ascii filenamesHeiko Voigt, May 19, 2009
  43. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2009
  44. Julian PhillipsMay 18, 2009
  45. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2009
  46. Peter KreftingMay 14, 2009
  47. Esko LuontolaMay 14, 2009
  48. Andreas EricssonMay 14, 2009
  49. Johannes SchindelinMay 14, 2009
  50. Dmitry PotapovMay 15, 2009
  51. Cross-Platform Version ControlJohn Tapsell, May 13, 2009
  52. Jay SoffianMay 13, 2009
  53. Alex RiesenMay 13, 2009
  54. Jay SoffianMay 13, 2009
  55. John TapsellMay 13, 2009
  56. Nicolas PitreMay 13, 2009
  57. Johannes SchindelinMay 13, 2009
  58. Andreas EricssonMay 13, 2009
  59. Miles BaderMay 14, 2009

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