Re: git on MacOSX and files with decomposed utf-8 file names
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
- Date
- Jan 17, 2008, 00:16 UTC
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Pedro Melo wrote:
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> > The difference I see between us is that if I tell my filesystem that I want to > name my file with a particular string encoded in X, users using encoding Y > will be able to read it correctly. I like my filesystem to make that work for > me.
The difference I see between us is that when I tell you that this is exactly the same thing as your file *contents*, you don't seem to get it.
An OS that silently changes the contents of your files is *crap*.
Get it?
An OS that silently changes the contents of your directories is *crap*.
Get it now?
Linus