On 06/15/2011 02:02 PM, viresh kumar wrote: > > I got rid of them with core.filemode as false, but there is one more issue, as pointed out by > Andreas. There are few files in kernel with same file name but in different _cases_ (one in caps > and another in small.) and so i am getting issues with these now. > > And don't have any idea how to get rid of that? You can't. git dubs such filesystems as "retarded" and simply can't work around it. Imo, that's the only sensible thing to do. > And why does kernel have such file names at all? > Because linux kernel developers are expected to work with linux development work using linux and nowhere near enough find it an actual problem for anyone to care about fixing it. Note that all build-scripts and configuration stuff will have to be fixed as well. Complaining about it on lkml will probably have very little effect unless you're a very valuable contributor and/or lots of other people chime in to agree with you. If I may ask; Why do you need to be able to work with a linux kernel repository on windows? -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@xxxxxx OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html