From: Adrien Beau Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:37:43 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable USE_SYMLINK_HEAD by default Message-ID: <94fc236b0511150737x7f0977ffmf9eb4a875715e7a0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: > Well, I can see no good reason for symrefs, except for backwards > compatibility! Modern systems do support symlinks, you know? What about less modern systems? I like to have tools that work on those, too. > Let´s face it. The main target for git is not Windows users. Yes, but they are a worthy secondary target. > If we really want to support all idiocies of all possible ones, I don't think we want that, but I don't think the symref vs. symlink issue is an idiocy either. > how about this one: > > If I clone a repository to a USB stick on cygwin, and try to access it > from my iBook, it does not work, because for *backward compatibility* > reasons, files fitting the 8.3 format are stored in UPPER CASE. > > So, I would like to have support for UPPER CASE files in .git, please? And > since I cannot do my own testing, please could you force everybody´s git > to write OBJECTS and MASTER in UPPER CASE? Long and mixed-case filenames are supported almost universally. Why aren't you using FAT32 on your USB key? Even that decade-old filesystem supports them.