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Re: Odd issue - The Diffs That WILL NOT DIE.

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 7, 2011, 23:06 UTC
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<20111207230625.GC21852@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 11:58:27PM +0100, Carlos Martín Nieto wrote:
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> If you want to use OSX to develop this project, you'll have to either
> rename one of those files or set your filesystem to be case-sensitive
> (and unset core.ignorecase afterwards). From what I've heard, the OS
> itself will work fine with a case-sensitive filesystem, but not all
> applications might. YMMV.

I've never done it, but my understanding is that for HFS+, going case-sensitive is not a simple flip of a switch, but you have to actually make a new filesystem. Given that complexity, and the fact that some other apps might not like it, your best bet might be to create a new case-sensitive filesystem in a loopback file, and then mount that just for this project.

I'm not sure of the exact commands under OS X, but I'm sure some googling could probably turn up a solution.

-Peff
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  1. Chris PattiDec 6, 2011
  2. Frans KlaverDec 6, 2011
  3. Carlos Martín NietoDec 6, 2011
  4. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  5. Philippe VaucherDec 7, 2011
  6. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  7. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  8. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  9. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  10. Chris PattiDec 7, 2011
  11. Carlos Martín NietoDec 7, 2011
  12. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  13. Robin RosenbergSep 5, 2012
  14. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011

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