From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricky Clarkson Subject: Re: Case sensitivity on Windows for absolute paths. Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:47:23 +0100 Message-ID: References: <201004232146.56424.j6t@kdbg.org> <201004252008.27823.j6t@kdbg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Sixt X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 25 20:51:01 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O66ur-0000l3-VE for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:50:54 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753610Ab0DYSus convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:50:48 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:3103 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752833Ab0DYSur convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:50:47 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so1547303fgg.1 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:50:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YPMZ+FKRdFmRiPlvmH3Xicwat6mzh+rjf2RhrCr8iu0=; b=jgwRPlORZYa6Hlrb9hXUj1vPgbFSh1ARoYyibGm1fUY+RcvjkCQAKIRO62hs0/9MSD KGhp1CPJra9pQEk7X8ZHXoEMdJY+PQTzhQ0JN9an78SnhwigozXVjJETEGoiHU9kNUZv CnNJkT9ynNfVjzuHqRUr1RyclYCTRolJoF5Jk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FOLvb1ceOMtqt7EBN9Y5O1vEbynScBPa+Fd7VUN6f8KY+/7iajEZAc7XgF7vCsnR0E L+Y9L85Q4MQfthLLryFEcA/wk29U+mU6JEtyMpjFE4y47piJHveZCYcc/wonf24PKfNN HLIN2iLRiFVYu8nhr2p3VjZ4jVMWiw1TqXBrc= Received: by 10.87.29.33 with SMTP id g33mr5277118fgj.27.1272221396976; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:49:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.126.3 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:47:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201004252008.27823.j6t@kdbg.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi Johannes, $ cd /c/uk-org-netvu/ Ricky@RICKY-XP /c/uk-org-netvu (trunk) $ cmd Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. c:\uk-org-netvu> If I run cmd via Start -> Run, then the prompt shows C:\uk-org-netvu> I also verified this using the Scala interpreter, printing out System.getProperty("user.dir"), which varied similarly in case depending on whether I started it from cmd or from Git Bash. Thanks, Ricky. -- Ricky Clarkson Java and Scala Programmer, AD Holdings +44 1928 706373 Skype: ricky_clarkson Google Talk: ricky.clarkson@gmail.com Google Wave: ricky.clarkson@googlewave.com On 25 April 2010 19:08, Johannes Sixt wrote: > On Sonntag, 25. April 2010, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> It would be good if git automatically uppercased the drive letter, >> yes. =C2=A0However, I found the real root of my problem. =C2=A0Git B= ash >> (msysgit) sets the working directory to c:\foo for programs launched >> if the working directory within it is /c/foo. > > I don't understand what you mean. Git Bash cannot influence whether g= it sees > the drive letter in the working directory in uppercase or lowercase. = Unless > by "working directory" you mean something else than what getcwd() ret= urns. > > -- Hannes >