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folder naming bug?

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KCKevin Coleman <kevin.coleman@sparkstart.io>
Date
Feb 3, 2015, 01:56 UTC
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<27503C0E-7D33-4893-AD25-6A821D31FAB1@sparkstart.io>
git isn’t tracking folder renames when the case of the letters change, but it will track it if the folder changes names.  Is this intentional?
Here is an example:
08:51:26 ~/test $ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/kcoleman/test/.git/
08:51:29 ~/test (master #) $ mkdir main
08:51:44 ~/test (master #) $ cd main
08:51:46 ~/test/main (master #) $ touch readme.md
08:51:50 ~/test/main (master #) $ ls
readme.md
08:51:53 ~/test/main (master #) $ cd ..
08:51:54 ~/test (master #) $ git add .
08:51:59 ~/test (master #) $ git commit -m "one"
[master (root-commit) b0fddf6] one
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 main/readme.md
08:52:04 ~/test (master) $ cd main
08:52:14 ~/test/main (master) $ cd ..
08:52:27 ~/test (master) $ mv main Main
08:53:51 ~/test (master) $ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean
08:53:53 ~/test (master) $ ls
Main
08:54:02 ~/test (master) $ mv Main MainA
08:55:44 ~/test (master *) $ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
	deleted:    main/readme.md
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
	MainA/

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") 08:55:45 ~/test (master *) $

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