On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Andrew Heybey wrote:
Geert Bosch <bosch@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:For those on Mac OS X: it is possible to create a case-sensitive HFS+ partition and use it with git. You even can just create a disk image and mount it. However, I wouldn't quite try to use it as startup filesystem...This is starting to stray far afield, but the first thing I did when I got a Macbook was to reinstall it with case-sensitive HFS as the boot file system. Works fine, including with git. The only problem I have had is that FileVault does not work. There are rumored to be some third-part apps that do not work but I do not use that many of those anyway. andrew
The main problem with this approach is you know for certain that using HFSX as the boot partition is barely tested by Apple, and certainly untested by third-party apps. This means the potential for breakage is extremely high.
-Kevin Ballard -- Kevin Ballard http://kevin.sb.org kevin@xxxxxx http://www.tildesoft.com
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