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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 22, 2012, 21:09 UTC
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PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net> writes:
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> 2012/3/22 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
>> 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.
>
> Where do you tell users not to do that?  Nothing on the man page
> actually says that the behavior is undefined,...

Read the messages in the thread you are responding to. It is a discussion about how we update the documentation to say it.

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  1. Demonstrate failure of 'core.ignorecase = true'Peter J. Weisberg, Mar 21, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2012
  3. PJ WeisbergMar 22, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  5. Thomas RastMar 23, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2012
  7. Jeff KingMar 23, 2012
  8. Jeff KingMar 23, 2012
  9. Johannes SixtMar 22, 2012
  10. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  11. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  13. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  15. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  17. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  19. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  20. PJ WeisbergMar 22, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  22. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012

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