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Possible git status problem at case insensitive file system

Subject: Possible git status problem at case insensitive file system

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4 messages between Aug 9, 2010 and Jun 20, 2018.

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Frank Li· Aug 9, 2010, 04:22 UTC · lore
All:
        I use msysgit 1.7.0.2 at windows xp.
        Problem: git status will list tracked directory as untracked dir.
        Duplicate:
        1. mkdir test, cd test
        2. git init-db
        3. mkdir d, cd d
        4. touch a.c
        5. git add a.c
        6. git commit -a -m "test"
        7. cd ..
        8.  mv d d1
        9.  mv d1 D
       10. git status

# On branch master # Untracked files: # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) # # D/ nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

        D/ should be same as d/ at case insensitive file system.
        D/ should not listed by git status.

best regards Frank Li

Johannes Sixt· Aug 9, 2010, 08:16 UTC · re: Frank Li · lore

Re: Possible git status problem at case insensitive file system

Am 8/9/2010 6:22, schrieb Frank Li:
> [about renaming a directory such that only the case changes]

This is normal/expected behavior. A patch series is in the works that addresses the issue.

-- Hannes
Johannes Schindelin· Jun 20, 2018, 11:26 UTC · re: Frank Li · lore

Re: [msysGit] Possible git status problem at case insensitive file system

Hi Frank,
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010, Frank Li wrote:
> All:
>         I use msysgit 1.7.0.2 at windows xp.
>         Problem: git status will list tracked directory as untracked dir.

That is the *least* problem you have with that version: you are vulnerable to several security issues.

Sadly, there were literally zero contributions from community members using Windows XP to uphold XP support, so the latest Git for Windows you can use (unless you build it yourself, fixing several compile issues by now) is v2.10.

See https://gitforwindows.org/requirements.html for details.

Ciao, Johannes

Philip Oakley· Jun 20, 2018, 23:31 UTC · re: Frank Li · lore

Re: [msysGit] Possible git status problem at case insensitive file system

Hi Frank,
Your system Clock looks to be providing the wrong date for your emails.

The last XP version was https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.10.0.windows.1 so you may want to upgrade to that. (see FAQs https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/FAQ)

It won't solve the capitalisation problem - that is a Windows FS issue. Git assumes case matters, but the FS will fetch directories and branches case insensitively.

Philip
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From: "Frank Li" <lznuaa@gmail.com>
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Subject: [msysGit] Possible git status problem at case insensitive file 
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> All:
>        I use msysgit 1.7.0.2 at windows xp.
>        Problem: git status will list tracked directory as untracked dir.
>        Duplicate:
>        1. mkdir test, cd test
>        2. git init-db
>        3. mkdir d, cd d
>        4. touch a.c
>        5. git add a.c
>        6. git commit -a -m "test"
>        7. cd ..
>        8.  mv d d1
>        9.  mv d1 D
>       10. git status
>
>
> # On branch master
> # Untracked files:
> #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
> #
> #       D/
> nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to 
> track)
>
>        D/ should be same as d/ at case insensitive file system.
>        D/ should not listed by git status.
>
> best regards
> Frank Li
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