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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-07-18 12:20:35 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-07-18 12:20:35 -0700 |
| commit | 18f2717578853edfdaed5fb7361b5f992a68a79e (patch) | |
| tree | d51d02a63851b964c1e03539b4b75d5ea61c8862 | |
| parent | 06994ae06506a24dfdad0336a555bbdcfaa693e2 (diff) | |
| parent | 48294b512a7c307d57ed5a9f5dbe466aeba6dade (diff) | |
| download | git-18f2717578853edfdaed5fb7361b5f992a68a79e.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'ms/core-icase-doc'
Clarify that setting core.ignoreCase to deviate from reality would
not turn a case-incapable filesystem into a case-capable one.
* ms/core-icase-doc:
Documentation: declare "core.ignoreCase" as internal variable
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 8f7527b213..a32172a43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -390,16 +390,19 @@ core.hideDotFiles:: default mode is 'dotGitOnly'. core.ignoreCase:: - If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable + Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive, - like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds - "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume + like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing + finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as "Makefile". + The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository is created. ++ +Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating +and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior. core.precomposeUnicode:: This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git. |