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Git doesn't save capitalization change in file names.

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DSDaniil S <ds98s3a@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 12, 2016, 02:06 UTC
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So I've now encountered this with both GitHub and BitBucket, Windows and Linux versions, so I'm fairly sure it's git's fault.

Example: if file named "Pathfinding.java" was renamed to "PathFinding.java"
and that change is then committed, filename won't change in repository.
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