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Re: git and file name case on cygwin

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 4, 2007, 01:25 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Niklas Höglund wrote:
>>
>> There's something funny going on with git in cygwin. The following is
>> in a clone of linux 2.6, with no local modifications (only the
>> occasional pull from upstream).
>
> You are using a filesystem that isn't able to handle the Linux kernel.
>
> Make sure you don't try to maintain kernel source trees on a filesystem 
> that isn't case-sensitive. Here's a clue:
>
> 	include/linux/netfilter/xt_dscp.h
> 	include/linux/netfilter/xt_DSCP.h
>
> are both tracked files..

Are there plans to "fix" the confusion by renaming them to reduce chances of name clashes on such suboptimal filesystems?

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  1. Niklas HöglundFeb 3, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsFeb 4, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsFeb 4, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2007
  6. Niklas HöglundFeb 4, 2007
  7. Mark LevedahlFeb 4, 2007
  8. Jakub NarebskiFeb 4, 2007
  9. Sam RavnborgFeb 4, 2007

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