From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] Demonstrate failure of 'core.ignorecase = true' Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:09:10 -0700 Message-ID: <7v4ntgwdft.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <1332370222-5123-1-git-send-email-pj@irregularexpressions.net> <4F6ACB67.1080503@viscovery.net> <4F6B0C3E.8090501@in.waw.pl> <20120322141245.GB8803@sigill.intra.peff.net> <7vbonozi8c.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20120322173701.GA11928@sigill.intra.peff.net> <7viphwxyp1.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <4F6B84DF.8040806@in.waw.pl> <7vk42cwew5.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Junio C Hamano , Zbigniew =?utf-8?Q?J=C4=99drzejew?= =?utf-8?Q?ski-Szmek?= , Jeff King , Johannes Sixt , git@vger.kernel.org, Brandon Casey To: PJ Weisberg X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Mar 22 22:09:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SApG2-0001ts-PG for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:09:19 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757173Ab2CVVJO convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:09:14 -0400 Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:34895 "EHLO smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753963Ab2CVVJN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:09:13 -0400 Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B58D65C3; Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:09:13 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=Fo0LMf80mCzl U61gpeC4LDW4Mq0=; b=AGh729AnywDXDwtVeDLSpvY9t4AA+FUyfQvcNUpToafC QH8oCmvwBaV67+aw1W4JQwGOifbYoZ1gJflbMyyqGJPDJtBZw7Twmoh+tzTJIyke /KXbalTpO64ESEie0uUUYPco6qN5nTD0I/wQT8Oki+591BnuIKc/5vWJjhtLsPI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=YouirI qtiJqrYjLK/1uOpR9wgFHiJ7zmavg6vOfIh8c/l5Lnii9vn9OLdLWklhqUHMbV7G aGW8IR1TU6n9OurhqjlNNO2MJT+lnTEkBtmMvOp1AkNsvTPpU+7rZ7dRMFDb3ETH o0PcNJlWr5Lj9GRVsS+Y5/BmqmrUFzUXurYM0= Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B2F65C2; Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:09:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D0FB465BF; Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:09:11 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (PJ Weisberg's message of "Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:55:02 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 45C4A1A8-7463-11E1-8760-9DB42E706CDE-77302942!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: PJ Weisberg writes: > 2012/3/22 Junio C Hamano : >> Zbigniew J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek =C2=A0 writes: >> >>> Even this updated text does not say _what_ happens when >>> core.ignorecase is set on a case-insensitive filesystem. >> >> That was very much on purpose. We tell users not to do that, because= it is >> calling for an undefined behaviour. And leaving it undefined gives u= s a >> wiggle room to later do something better if we choose to. > > Where do you tell users not to do that? Nothing on the man page > actually says that the behavior is undefined,... Read the messages in the thread you are responding to. It is a discussi= on about how we update the documentation to say it.