Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Turns out that this inconsistency is only in Git for Windows v2.24.1(2) > but not in current `master` of Git, so I simply struck that part from the > commit message. > ... > I rephrased it to: > > So let's loosen the requirements: we now leave tree entries with > backslashes in their file names alone, but we do require any entries > that are added to the Git index to contain no backslashes on Windows. > ... We are in -rc so there is no real rush, but I take these to mean that I should just leave this loose end hanging untied, and wait for an updated version to replace it sometime early next year. Thanks and happy new year.