From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:16:58 GMT
Subject: Re: git on MacOSX and files with decomposed utf-8 file names
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801161615330.2806@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <BA518A23-FBF8-49BB-BEFB-D9A6BA1E302C@simplicidade.org>



On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Pedro Melo wrote:
> 
> 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