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From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-init: autodetect core.ignorecase
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:29 +0300
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:59:00AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> Last time I checked, the "HEAD" file on VFAT was converted to "head" when 
> the repository was initialised on Win32 (IIRC) and read on Linux (IIRC).  

It is result of mounting the VFAT disk on Linux with shortname=lower,
which is the default :( Perhaps, it was a reasonable default for DOS
days, but now it only creates troubles. I usually mount VFAT disks with
shortname=winnt on Linux, though some people prefer shortname=mixed.

Dmitry