Re: Does changing filename case breaks git's rename heuristic?

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I'm using a Mac with a journaled filesystem and Git version 1.7.2.1.

The journalling is no problem, but HFS is. I'm no Macxpert but if I
remember correctly, then under HFS "readme" and "README" are the same
file, i.e. HFS only remembers how you want it spelled. People will
correct me where I'm wrong.

Your test script should produce the expected result if you use, say,
"readme" and "RAEDME" , i.e. names which differ by more than just
case.

It's a problem on some (most?) Macs.  A while back Apple introduced an option to format a partition as case sensitive (Wikipedia implies 10.3 introduced this feature).  For a long time after the feature was introduced the factory install continued to be not case sensitive, but I don't know if that's still the case (no pun intended).

Stephen