[PATCH 0 of 9 RFC] manage filename normalization policy per repository

Noel Grandin noel at peralex.com
Wed May 30 04:27:29 CDT 2012



On 2012-05-29 22:07, Matt Mackall wrote:
>>      in addition to it, warn(or abort) for adding files colliding with
>>      each other in any normalizations, like case-folding handling
> Can't happen on Mac. Can happen on Windows and Linux, I suppose.
>
> But is it really worth the trouble to fix it? The number of bugs filed
> related to canonicalization is zero.
>
>

I can confirm that I encounter a case-folding issue about once every 3 
months, working as I do with a some large-ish open-source and commercial 
projects unix-based projects that I try to build on Windows.
And it's generally a major PITA to fix.


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