Re: On pathnames

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > 
> > > Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
> > > 
> > > > $ git checkout branch
> > > > Warning: xt_CONNMARK.c conflicts with xt_connmark.c; not checking it out
> > > > $ git checkout xt_CONNMARK.c --as xt_CONNMARK_caps.c
> > > > $ edit xt_CONNMARK_caps.c
> > > > $ git add xt_CONNMARK_caps.c
> > > 
> > > Heh, I like that very much.
> > 
> > It would make it easier to test on Linux, too, yes.
> > 
> > But then, it would break the build process all the same.
> 
> Sure, but it would permit a user of a filesystem that can't handle the 
> project to make modifications that generate a commit the filesystem can 
> handle, which is currently pretty difficult.
> 
> $ git checkout xt_CONNMARK.c --as xt_CONNMARK_tmp.c
> $ mv xt_CONNMARK_tmp.c xt_connmark_flag.c
> $ edit Makefile
> $ git add xt_connmark_flag.c
> $ git commit -a