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[Bug Report] [includeIf] does not parse case insensitive -> case sensitive symlink gitdir

From
AKAdrian Kappel <atkappel@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 27, 2017, 13:55 UTC
Message-ID
<CAEm1wifEZ5CXH7N_cCJpXQN-1dWBRZ1OQ=bJH-X=kR15Bg0Sdw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all, not sure if the issue I've come across is a known bug or addressable, but wanted to report it just in-case.

** Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------ Using the [includeIf] configuration statement with a symlink'd gitdir will not work if the symlink is on a case insensitive volume and the location it references is on a case sensitive volume.

** Steps to reproduce
------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Create symlink (case insensitive -> case sensitive):
/Users/usera/dev -> /Volumes/CaseSensitive/dev
2. Create two files: .gitignore and .gitignore-work, both stored in
/Users/usera/
.gitconfig
-------------
[user]
  name = First Last
  [includeIf "gitdir:~/dev/work"]
    path = .gitconfig-work
.gitconfig-work
--------------------
[user]
  email = email@address.com
3. cd into a subfolder of ~/dev/work that has been git initialized.
Let's say ~/dev/work/repo
4. Run git config --includes user.email
5. See that nothing is output from the command
6. Update the [includeIf] statement in .gitconfig to be the real
location i.e. "gitdir:/Volumes/CaseSensitive/dev/work/repo"
7. Rerun the command from [4]
8. See that email@address.com is output from the command
** Other variations that were not tested
------------------------------------------------------------------
- symlink on case sensitive volume referencing a location on a case
insensitive volume
** Environment Information
------------------------------------------------------------------
git --version: 2.14.1
OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.6

If a fix is not feasible or likely to be implemented, I would recommend that we update the git site's documentation to reflect this gotcha. After verification of course.

Best, Adrian Kappel akappel <https://github.com/akappel/>

Next: Torsten Bögershausen
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  1. Adrian KappelOct 27, 2017
  2. Torsten BögershausenOct 27, 2017

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