Possible git status problem at case insensitive file system

[Frank Li]

All:
I use msysgit 1.7.0.2 at windows xp.
Problem: git status will list tracked directory as untracked dir.
Duplicate:
1. mkdir test, cd test
2. git init-db
3. mkdir d, cd d
4. touch a.c
5. git add a.c
6. git commit -a -m "test"
7. cd ..
8. mv d d1
9. mv d1 D
10. git status

# On branch master
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# D/
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

D/ should be same as d/ at case insensitive file system.
D/ should not listed by git status.

best regards
Frank Li

[Johannes Sixt]

Am 8/9/2010 6:22, schrieb Frank Li:
> [about renaming a directory such that only the case changes]

This is normal/expected behavior. A patch series is in the works that
addresses the issue.

-- Hannes

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Frank,

On Mon, 9 Aug 2010, Frank Li wrote:

> All:
> I use msysgit 1.7.0.2 at windows xp.
> Problem: git status will list tracked directory as untracked dir.

That is the *least* problem you have with that version: you are vulnerable
to several security issues.

Sadly, there were literally zero contributions from community members
using Windows XP to uphold XP support, so the latest Git for Windows you
can use (unless you build it yourself, fixing several compile issues by
now) is v2.10.

See https://gitforwindows.org/requirements.html for details.

Ciao,
Johannes

[Philip Oakley]

Hi Frank,

Your system Clock looks to be providing the wrong date for your emails.

The last XP version was
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.10.0.windows.1 so you
may want to upgrade to that. (see FAQs
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/FAQ)

It won't solve the capitalisation problem - that is a Windows FS issue. Git
assumes case matters, but the FS will fetch directories and branches case
insensitively.

Philip

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