Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes: > [+cc Joshua Jensen, who wrote 50906e0] > > On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 07:13:04AM -0600, Reuben Hawkins wrote: > >> fast-import should not use strncmp_icase. > > I am not sure of that. My gut feeling is that core.ignorecase is > completely about the _filesystem_, and that git should generally be > case-sensitive internally.
I agree; if squashing mixed cases into a single canonical one is desired in one use case (like Joshua described in $gmane/200597), that should have been done as an optional feature, not by default (ideally, it should probably be done in a filter between exporters and the fast-import, I would think). > [1] I am mostly trying to connect people on various sides of the > discussion here. So take my "gut feeling" above with a grain of > salt, as it does not come from experience nor thinking too hard > about the issue. Thanks; that is exactly what is expected of project elders ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
