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At 16:36 -0400 03 Oct 2016, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>On a case-insensitive filesystem, we should realize that
>"a/objects" and "A/objects" are the same path.

The current repository being on a case-insensitive filesystem doesn't 
guarantee that the alternates are as well.

On the other hand, I suspect that people who use a case-insensitive 
filesystem would be less likely to use names which differ only by case.