Re: [PATCH] git-init: autodetect core.ignorecase

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 25, 2008, 09:59 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0803251056520.10660@wbgn129.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <1206428273-15926-1-git-send-email-dpotapov@gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote:

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> diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
> index 79eaf8d..62f7c08 100644
> --- a/builtin-init-db.c
> +++ b/builtin-init-db.c
> @@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
>  			git_config_set("core.worktree", work_tree);
>  	}
>  
> -	/* Check if symlink is supported in the work tree */
>  	if (!reinit) {
> +		/* Check if symlink is supported in the work tree */
>  		path[len] = 0;
>  		strcpy(path + len, "tXXXXXX");
>  		if (!close(xmkstemp(path)) &&
> @@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
>  			unlink(path); /* good */
>  		else
>  			git_config_set("core.symlinks", "false");
> +
> +		/* Check if the filesystem is case-insensitive */
> +		path[len] = 0;
> +		strcpy(path + len, "CoNfIg");
> +		if (access(path, F_OK))
> +			git_config_set("core.ignorecase", "true");

Clever!

Last time I checked, the "HEAD" file on VFAT was converted to "head" when the repository was initialised on Win32 (IIRC) and read on Linux (IIRC). Maybe this problem has gone away, but if not, it should definitely be fixed (depending on core.ignorecase).

Ciao, Dscho