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Re: Does changing filename case breaks git's rename heuristic?

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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
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Aug 27, 2010, 20:02 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

> The journalling is no problem, but HFS is. I'm no Macxpert but if I
> remember correctly, then under HFS "readme" and "README" are the same
> file, i.e. HFS only remembers how you want it spelled. People will
> correct me where I'm wrong.

That's correct, HFS is case-preserving but case-insensitve. There is a case-sensitive variant but it is not the default and sadly, some applications assume case-insensitity and will break if the system volume is otherwise.

j.
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Message 7 of 8 in “Does changing filename case breaks git's rename heuristic?”
  1. Dan LoewenherzAug 27, 2010
  2. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 27, 2010
  3. Michael J GruberAug 27, 2010
  4. Dan LoewenherzAug 27, 2010
  5. Michael J GruberAug 27, 2010
  6. Stephen BashAug 27, 2010
  7. Jay SoffianAug 27, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonAug 28, 2010

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