On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 09:55:58AM -0400, Adrian Kappel wrote: > Hello all, not sure if the issue I've come across is a known bug or > addressable, but wanted to report it just in-case. Thanks for the detailed description - my question is inline > > > ** Summary > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Using the [includeIf] configuration statement with a symlink'd gitdir > will not work if the symlink is on a case insensitive volume and the > location it references is on a case sensitive volume. > > ** Steps to reproduce > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 1. Create symlink (case insensitive -> case sensitive): > /Users/usera/dev -> /Volumes/CaseSensitive/dev > 2. Create two files: .gitignore and .gitignore-work, both stored in > /Users/usera/ > > .gitconfig > ------------- > [user] > name = First Last > > [includeIf "gitdir:~/dev/work"] > path = .gitconfig-work > > .gitconfig-work > -------------------- > [user] > email = email@xxxxxxxxxxx > > 3. cd into a subfolder of ~/dev/work that has been git initialized. > Let's say ~/dev/work/repo > 4. Run git config --includes user.email > 5. See that nothing is output from the command > 6. Update the [includeIf] statement in .gitconfig to be the real > location i.e. "gitdir:/Volumes/CaseSensitive/dev/work/repo" Didn't you set it up pointing do the real location ? That is what is written above: > 1. Create symlink (case insensitive -> case sensitive): > /Users/usera/dev -> /Volumes/CaseSensitive/dev (I suspect that people use something like this: /Users/usera/dev -> /Volumes/casesensitive/dev And in this case it would be the file system which says casesensitive != CaseSensitive and Git can't do much about it) > 7. Rerun the command from [4] > 8. See that email@xxxxxxxxxxx is output from the command > > ** Other variations that were not tested > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > - symlink on case sensitive volume referencing a location on a case > insensitive volume > > ** Environment Information > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > git --version: 2.14.1 > OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.6 > > > If a fix is not feasible or likely to be implemented, I would > recommend that we update the git site's documentation to reflect this > gotcha. After verification of course. > > Best, > Adrian Kappel > akappel <https://github.com/akappel/>
