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Re: [bug] Possible Windows 'git mv' bug

From
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Jan 31, 2016, 15:52 UTC
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On 2016-01-31 15.03, Aaron Gray wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I think I have found a possible difference in behaviour between
> Windows git commandline distro and Linux git
> 
> basically If I do a :-
> 
>     git mv logger.h Logger.h
> 
> I get the following :-
> 
>     fatal: destination exists, source=lib/logger.h, destination=lib/Logger.h
> 
> It looks and smells like a bug to me !

Which version of Git are you using ? Because it is fixed in the latest version in Git and Git for Windows.

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