Re: [PATCH (Apple Git) 01/13] .gitignore: Remove *.s as it matches *.S on case insensitive filesystem
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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
- Date
- Jan 30, 2019, 12:32 UTC
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:29 AM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 6:37 AM Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia > <jeremyhu@apple.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 30, 2019, at 03:33, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:11 PM Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia > > > <jeremyhu@apple.com> wrote: > > >> This was causing problems with ppc/sha1ppc.S > > > > > > What problems, exactly? > > > > The file is ignored, but it shouldn't be. > > But what problem are you experiencing, exactly? .gitignore rules do > not impact tracked files such as ppc/sha1ppc.S, even if the name > matches an ignore-rule, so it's not clear what problem you're trying > to solve.
I'm guessing that this has something to do with HFS+ being case-insensitive yet case-preserving, but an actual explanation of the misbehavior experienced would be helpful.