From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:25:17 GMT Subject: Re: git and file name case on cygwin Message-ID: <7vmz3uzpc2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds writes: > 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?