Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Oct 3, 2010, 18:12 UTC
Message-ID: <201010032012.01678.j6t@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinZzM=HeT_J-tF5F9DBdvts3i+nboPkPy-uc8V5@mail.gmail.com>

On Sonntag, 3. Oktober 2010, Robert Buck wrote:

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> So I could we please separate the behaviors that change intent
> (folding) from the behaviors that merely alter how things are
> displayed (listing) by splitting this into two separate properties?
> For example,
>
> core.casepreserving=true|false
> core.caseinsensitive=true|false
>
> The former property would control folding, the latter property would
> apply to listing and pattern matching. Then people could opt out of
> the folding behaviors (add, import), while continuing to adopt listing
> and pattern matching (status, ls, ignore).

core.ignorecase has a very well-defined meaning: It describes whether the worktree lives on a filesystem that is case-insensitive. Perhaps you could help me understand your case if you gave examples and a use-case? I have a slight suspicion that your wish is orthogonal to core.ignorecase.

-- Hannes