[bug #68327] Checkouts on case-insensitive filesystems clobber files whose names differ only in casing

[John Gardner]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68327>

                 Summary: Checkouts on case-insensitive filesystems clobber
files whose names differ only in casing
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: alhadis
               Submitted: Fri 08 May 2026 06:00:57 PM AEST
                Category: General
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Fri 08 May 2026 06:00:57 PM AEST By: John Gardner <alhadis>
The following filenames differ only in their capitalisation, which causes
problems for checkouts on systems with case-insensitive filesystems (macOS and
Windows):
* contrib/mom/COPYRIGHT
* contrib/mom/copyright
* src/roff/groff/tests/backslash-L-works.sh
* src/roff/groff/tests/backslash-l-works.sh
These show up in Git as modifications to the uppercased versions, which are
replaced with the contents of the lowercased versions:

$ git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/groff.git && cd groff
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   contrib/mom/COPYRIGHT
        modified:   src/roff/groff/tests/backslash-L-works.sh








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Output of `git diff` when run in a freshly cloned checkout of Groff&#039;s
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Name: clobbered-files.diff           Size: 2.7KiB
    <https://file.savannah.gnu.org/file/clobbered-files.diff?file_id=58599>



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