Re: Does changing filename case breaks git's rename heuristic?

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On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Michael J Gruber
<git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The journalling is no problem, but HFS is. I'm no Macxpert but if I
> remember correctly, then under HFS "readme" and "README" are the same
> file, i.e. HFS only remembers how you want it spelled. People will
> correct me where I'm wrong.

That's correct, HFS is case-preserving but case-insensitve. There is a
case-sensitive variant but it is not the default and sadly, some
applications assume case-insensitity and will break if the system
volume is otherwise.

j.
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