From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 23:22:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Branch Name Case Sensitivity
Message-ID: <CACsJy8A6etyFkxn3D7hjM9JgzmokPBARXrEncVuw1x+OOHJ_Lg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk3cfuksd.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> If you are on a case-insensitive filesystem, or work on a cross-platform
>>> project, ensure that you avoid ambiguous refs. Problem solved.
>>>
>>
>> So its OK to lose data if you accidentally use an ambiguous ref? I
>> cannot believe you actually meant that.
>
> I think he meant what he said: "you avoid ambiguous refs".  He did
> not say "it is not Git's business to help you doing so".
>
> I think it is prudent to warn in the end-user facing layer (read: do
> not touch refs.c to implement something like that) when the user
> creates "refs/heads/Next" when there already is "refs/heads/next",
> and I further think it would make sense to do so even on case
> sensitive platforms.

That does not help when the user creates "next" and pulls "Next" from
elsewhere, does it?
-- 
Duy