Re: git and file name case on cygwin

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Niklas Höglund wrote:
>>
>> There's something funny going on with git in cygwin. The following is
>> in a clone of linux 2.6, with no local modifications (only the
>> occasional pull from upstream).
>
> You are using a filesystem that isn't able to handle the Linux kernel.
>
> Make sure you don't try to maintain kernel source trees on a filesystem 
> that isn't case-sensitive. Here's a clue:
>
> 	include/linux/netfilter/xt_dscp.h
> 	include/linux/netfilter/xt_DSCP.h
>
> are both tracked files..

Are there plans to "fix" the confusion by renaming them to
reduce chances of name clashes on such suboptimal filesystems?

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