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> The current description of "core.ignoreCase" reads like an option which
> is intended to be changed by the user while it's actually expected to
> be set by Git on initialization only. Subsequently, Git relies on the
> proper configuration of this variable, as noted by Bryan Turner [1]:
>
> Git on a case-insensitive filesystem (APFS, HFS+, FAT32, exFAT,
> vFAT, NTFS, etc.) is not designed to be run with anything other
> than core.ignoreCase=true.
>
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152998665813997&w=2
> mid:CAGyf7-GeE8jRGPkME9rHKPtHEQ6P1+ebpMMWAtMh01uO3bfy8w@mail.gmail.com
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@syntevo.com>
> ---
> Documentation/config.txt | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 1cc18a828..c70cfe956 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -390,16 +390,19 @@ core.hideDotFiles::
> default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
>
> core.ignoreCase::
> - If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
> + Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
> Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
> - like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
> - "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
> + like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing
> + finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
> it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
> "Makefile".
> +
> The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
> will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
> is created.
> ++
> +Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating
> +and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior.
>
> core.precomposeUnicode::
> This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
>
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>