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Case rename not detected

From
Orgad Shaneh <orgads@gmail.com>
Date
May 5, 2015, 05:52 UTC
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Hi,

File case rename is not detected correctly on case-insensitive filesystems. git mv does support it though.

Example:

git init echo hello > foo git add foo git commit -m initial mv foo Foo git status # No changes git add . -A # Doesn't add anything

- Orgad
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