Re: git: cannot rename foo to Foo on a case-insensitive filesystem (e.g. on Windows)

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* Andreas Ericsson:

> It's going to remain in the state it is, although I disagree that that
> state is broken. Adding case-sensitivity to a content tracker on a
> case-insensitive file system would be quite a lot of work for a very
> small gain.

Except that those file systems are case-insensitive, but
case-preserving.  This means that "mv foo Foo" makes sense, and some
tools actually support this operation (if "mv" doesn't, it's a shame).

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