From: Aaron Gray <aaronngray.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:38:06 GMT
Subject: Re: [bug] Possible Windows 'git mv' bug
Message-ID: <CANkmNDedU90cHon13HaFfE+Ok=5ZtcBOa7mEkZm-eHNMFJd5KA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <56AE1F40.8060509@kdbg.org>

On 31 January 2016 at 14:50, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
> Am 31.01.2016 um 15:03 schrieb Aaron Gray:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think I have found a possible difference in behaviour between
>> Windows git commandline distro and Linux git
>>
>> basically If I do a :-
>>
>>      git mv logger.h Logger.h
>>
>> I get the following :-
>>
>>      fatal: destination exists, source=lib/logger.h,
>> destination=lib/Logger.h
>>
>> It looks and smells like a bug to me !
>
>
> Not really. When you attempt to overwrite an existing file with 'git mv',
> you get this error message on both Windows and Linux.
>
> The difference is that logger.h and Logger.h are the same file on Windows,
> but they are not on Linux. Hence, when you attempt to overwrite Logger.h on
> Windows, you see the error because it exists already (as logger.h).
>
> As a work-around, you can use -f.

Thanks Hannes !

Still a bug though IMHO

Aaron