Re: [PATCH] Demonstrate failure of 'core.ignorecase = true'

> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek<zbyszek@in.waw.pl>  writes:
>
>> Even this updated text does not say _what_ happens when
>> core.ignorecase is set on a case-insensitive filesystem.
>
> That was very much on purpose. We tell users not to do that, because it is
> calling for an undefined behaviour. And leaving it undefined gives us a
> wiggle room to later do something better if we choose to.
>
>> Maybe:
>> --- 8<  ---
>> When set, case-insensitive comparisons will be used when internally
>> comparing file names.
>
> When we try to create a new file with open("./Makefile", O_CREAT) system
> call, we do not opendir(".")  and readdir() to see if "makefile" exists
> ourselves at all, but the above makes it sound as if we would do such
> things to make sure we compare filenames ignoring there case.