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Re: [PATCH] Demonstrate failure of 'core.ignorecase = true'

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PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>
Date
Mar 22, 2012, 20:55 UTC
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2012/3/22 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek  <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> writes:
>
>> Even this updated text does not say _what_ happens when
>> core.ignorecase is set on a case-insensitive filesystem.
>
> That was very much on purpose. We tell users not to do that, because it is
> calling for an undefined behaviour. And leaving it undefined gives us a
> wiggle room to later do something better if we choose to.

Where do you tell users not to do that? Nothing on the man page actually says that the behavior is undefined, but it does seem to be weird. Rename default.asp to Default.asp, and Git reports that default.asp was deleted, but doesn't mention Default.asp. (Presumably it sees Default.asp and decides that it's the same as default.asp, which it already determined was deleted. Like I said, weird.)

-PJ

Gehm's Corollary to Clark's Law: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

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  1. Demonstrate failure of 'core.ignorecase = true'Peter J. Weisberg, Mar 21, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2012
  3. PJ WeisbergMar 22, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  5. Thomas RastMar 23, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2012
  7. Jeff KingMar 23, 2012
  8. Jeff KingMar 23, 2012
  9. Johannes SixtMar 22, 2012
  10. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  11. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  13. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  15. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  17. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  19. Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-SzmekMar 22, 2012
  20. PJ WeisbergMar 22, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012
  22. Jeff KingMar 22, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2012

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