[cfe-dev] [llvm-dev] Shortest RFC ever: I propose we rename files using `.TXT` extension to use `.txt`

Jacob Carlborg via cfe-dev cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org
Fri Jan 18 02:39:32 PST 2019


On 2019-01-18 04:27, Zachary Turner via cfe-dev wrote:
> Yea, I honestly don't think this will be a problem.  I'm happy to help 
> you test this in the office one day, you can just check in a test file, 
> i'll sync, then rename with different case and check it in again, and 
> I'll sync.  But I'm with you.  I'd be very surprised if this is a 
> problem on modern clients.

On macOS (which uses a case-insensitive) filesystem "git mv" works as 
expected. But if you use the regular "mv" command "git status" will not 
see the file as being renamed.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg




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