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Re: Re-casing directories on case-insensitive systems

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 12, 2008, 00:27 UTC
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Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org> writes:
> Is there a reason for this? It seems like it would be trivial to end
> up with misdiagnosed "untracked" files when using any language other
> than English given this behaviuor.

No. The assumption of the code has always been that sane filesystems would return from readdir() the names you gave from creat().

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  5. Robin RosenbergJan 11, 2008
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  7. Johannes SchindelinJan 11, 2008
  8. Kevin BallardJan 11, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 11, 2008
  10. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2008
  11. David KastrupJan 11, 2008
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  13. Robin RosenbergJan 11, 2008
  14. Kevin BallardJan 12, 2008
  15. Robin RosenbergJan 12, 2008
  16. Kevin BallardJan 12, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJan 12, 2008
  19. Kevin BallardJan 12, 2008
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  22. David KastrupJan 12, 2008
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  24. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  25. Robin RosenbergJan 12, 2008
  26. Johannes SchindelinJan 12, 2008
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  28. Linus TorvaldsJan 12, 2008
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