Thread (152 messages) flat view 152 messages, 23 authors, 2016-06-15

Re: git on MacOSX and files with decomposed utf-8 file names

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:06


On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Pedro Melo wrote:
The difference I see between us is that if I tell my filesystem that I want to
name my file with a particular string encoded in X, users using encoding Y
will be able to read it correctly. I  like my filesystem to make that work for
me.
The difference I see between us is that when I tell you that this is 
exactly the same thing as your file *contents*, you don't seem to get it.

An OS that silently changes the contents of your files is *crap*.

Get it?

An OS that silently changes the contents of your directories is *crap*.

Get it now?

		Linus
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