On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 11:06:18AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > ICON~714.PNG is a valid short name for a long name (such as > 'icon.background.png') because it fits the shortening scheme (8.3 format, > the base name ends in ~<n>). As this can clash with a validly shortened > long name, Git for Windows refuses to check out such paths by default. > > If you want the old -- unsafe -- behavior back, just set your > core.protectNTFS to false (this means that you agree that the incurred > problems are your own responsibility and cannot be blamed on anybody else > ;-)) I wonder if it is worth having a "git-only" mode for core.protectNTFS. Turning it off entirely would make him susceptible to GIT~1 attacks. -Peff -- 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