From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:40:27 GMT
Subject: Re: Probably a bug with "~" symbol in filenames on Windows 7 x64 in git 1.9.5
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1501081140070.21312@s15462909.onlinehome-server.info>
In-Reply-To: <20150108102815.GA4806@peff.net>

Hi Peff,

On Thu, 8 Jan 2015, Jeff King wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:06:18AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > ICON~714.PNG is a valid short name for a long name (such as
> > 'icon.background.png') because it fits the shortening scheme (8.3 format,
> > the base name ends in ~<n>). As this can clash with a validly shortened
> > long name, Git for Windows refuses to check out such paths by default.
> > 
> > If you want the old -- unsafe -- behavior back, just set your
> > core.protectNTFS to false (this means that you agree that the incurred
> > problems are your own responsibility and cannot be blamed on anybody else
> > ;-))
> 
> I wonder if it is worth having a "git-only" mode for core.protectNTFS.
> Turning it off entirely would make him susceptible to GIT~1 attacks.

That is a good idea!

Ciao,
Dscho