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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable USE_SYMLINK_HEAD by default
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> Well, I can see no good reason for symrefs, except for backwards
> compatibility! Modern systems do support symlinks, you know?

What about less modern systems? I like to have tools that work on those=
, too.

> Let=B4s face it. The main target for git is not Windows users.

Yes, but they are a worthy secondary target.

> If we really want to support all idiocies of all possible ones,

I don't think we want that, but I don't think the symref vs. symlink
issue is an idiocy either.

> how about this one:
>
> If I clone a repository to a USB stick on cygwin, and try to access i=
t
> from my iBook, it does not work, because for *backward compatibility*
> reasons, files fitting the 8.3 format are stored in UPPER CASE.
>
> So, I would like to have support for UPPER CASE files in .git, please=
? And
> since I cannot do my own testing, please could you force everybody=B4=
s git
> to write OBJECTS and MASTER in UPPER CASE?

Long and mixed-case filenames are supported almost universally. Why
aren't you using FAT32 on your USB key? Even that decade-old
filesystem supports them.