Re: git on MacOSX and files with decomposed utf-8 file names
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Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
- Date
- Jan 17, 2008, 15:04 UTC
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- <3D987338-EC1E-422F-850D-D8C52345A6A7@sb.org>
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On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Andrew Heybey wrote:
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> Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com> writes: > >> For those on Mac OS X: it is possible to create a case-sensitive HFS+ >> partition and >> use it with git. You even can just create a disk image and mount it. >> However, >> I wouldn't quite try to use it as startup filesystem... > > This is starting to stray far afield, but the first thing I did when I > got a Macbook was to reinstall it with case-sensitive HFS as the boot > file system. Works fine, including with git. The only problem I have > had is that FileVault does not work. There are rumored to be some > third-part apps that do not work but I do not use that many of those > anyway. > > andrew
The main problem with this approach is you know for certain that using HFSX as the boot partition is barely tested by Apple, and certainly untested by third-party apps. This means the potential for breakage is extremely high.
-Kevin Ballard
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