From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: Robert Buck <buck.robert.j@gmail.com>
Cc: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 20:12:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010032012.01678.j6t@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinZzM=HeT_J-tF5F9DBdvts3i+nboPkPy-uc8V5@mail.gmail.com>
On Sonntag, 3. Oktober 2010, Robert Buck wrote:
> So I could we please separate the behaviors that change intent
> (folding) from the behaviors that merely alter how things are
> displayed (listing) by splitting this into two separate properties?
> For example,
>
> core.casepreserving=true|false
> core.caseinsensitive=true|false
>
> The former property would control folding, the latter property would
> apply to listing and pattern matching. Then people could opt out of
> the folding behaviors (add, import), while continuing to adopt listing
> and pattern matching (status, ls, ignore).
core.ignorecase has a very well-defined meaning: It describes whether the
worktree lives on a filesystem that is case-insensitive. Perhaps you could
help me understand your case if you gave examples and a use-case? I have a
slight suspicion that your wish is orthogonal to core.ignorecase.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-03 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-03 4:32 [PATCH v2 0/6] Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 4:32 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 8:30 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:07 ` Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 0/8] ab/icase-directory: jj/icase-directory with Makefile + configure checks Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 1/8] Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH flag Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 2/8] Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD flag Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 17:58 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-10-04 2:48 ` [PATCH/RFC v4 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 3/8] Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 4/8] Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecase Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 5/8] Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git status Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 6/8] Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-files Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 11:54 ` Thomas Adam
2010-10-03 18:19 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-10-03 21:59 ` Thomas Adam
2010-10-04 7:49 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-04 8:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-04 14:03 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-10-04 14:58 ` Joshua Jensen
2010-10-04 17:03 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-04 16:02 ` Robin Rosenberg
2010-10-04 16:41 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-04 16:48 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-10-04 16:49 ` Joshua Jensen
2010-10-04 17:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-10-04 17:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-04 19:02 ` Johannes Sixt
2010-10-04 19:17 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 7/8] Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=true Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-03 9:56 ` [PATCH/RFC v3 8/8] Support case folding in git fast-import " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-10-07 4:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable Junio C Hamano
2010-10-07 5:48 ` Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 4:32 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecase Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 4:32 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git status Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 4:32 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-files Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 4:32 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=true Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 4:32 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Support case folding in git fast-import " Joshua Jensen
2010-10-03 13:00 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-10-03 8:17 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support Johannes Sixt
2010-10-03 23:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-10-03 11:48 ` Robert Buck
2010-10-03 18:12 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2010-10-06 22:04 ` Robert Buck
2010-10-06 22:46 ` Joshua Jensen
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