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[PATCH v2 5/6] Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=true

From
Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Date
Oct 3, 2010, 04:32 UTC
Message-ID
<20101003043251.1960.1774.stgit@SlamDunk>
In-Reply-To
<20101003043221.1960.73178.stgit@SlamDunk>

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>
---
 read-cache.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 1f42473..379862c 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 */
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Message 37 of 45 in “Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support”
  1. 0/6 Extensions of core.ignorecase=true supportJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  2. 1/6 Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.Joshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 3, 2010
  4. Joshua JensenOct 3, 2010
  5. 0/8 ab/icase-directory: jj/icase-directory with Makefile + configure checksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  6. 1/8 Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  7. 2/8 Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  8. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  9. 2/8 Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 4, 2010
  10. 3/8 Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  11. 4/8 Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecaseÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  12. 5/8 Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git statusÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  13. 6/8 Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  14. Thomas AdamOct 3, 2010
  15. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  16. Thomas AdamOct 3, 2010
  17. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2010
  18. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  19. Erik Faye-LundOct 4, 2010
  20. Joshua JensenOct 4, 2010
  21. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2010
  22. Robin RosenbergOct 4, 2010
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  24. Erik Faye-LundOct 4, 2010
  25. Joshua JensenOct 4, 2010
  26. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2010
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  28. Johannes SixtOct 4, 2010
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  30. 7/8 Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  31. 8/8 Support case folding in git fast-import when core.ignorecase=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2010
  33. Joshua JensenOct 7, 2010
  34. 2/6 Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecaseJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  35. 3/6 Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git statusJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  36. 4/6 Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-filesJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  37. 5/6 Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=trueJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  38. 6/6 Support case folding in git fast-import when core.ignorecase=trueJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  39. Sverre RabbelierOct 3, 2010
  40. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  41. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2010
  42. Robert BuckOct 3, 2010
  43. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  44. Robert BuckOct 6, 2010
  45. Joshua JensenOct 6, 2010

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