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From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2015, 21:45 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZwc-==jfoW3zUC94sUfnPUv0sqZwupi3R-UK=pGn-5iA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> What does the Icon^M try to catch, exactly? Is it a file? Is it a directory?
> Is it "anything that begins with Icon^M"?

It seems to be a special hidden file on Macs for UI convenience.

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> On Apr 25, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Peter N. Lundblad wrote:
>
> The Icon^M file in a directory gives that directory a custom icon in
> the Finder. They are a holdover from MacOS 9 but there are still a lot
> of them out there. The "new" OS X format for icons are .icns files but
> I'm not sure if you can do custom file directory icons with them (you
> probably can, I just haven't found the docs yet).
>