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Documentation: declare "core.ignoreCase" as internal variable
authorMarc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@syntevo.com>
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 11:21:57 +0000 (13:21 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:46:47 +0000 (09:46 -0700)
commit48294b512a7c307d57ed5a9f5dbe466aeba6dade
treed6bbad127adae868d03fc6a46b5e3816bdfcad0f
parenta42a58d7b62cc1d6301440e81a83feed9d7c118c
Documentation: declare "core.ignoreCase" as internal variable

The current description of "core.ignoreCase" reads like an option which
is intended to be changed by the user while it's actually expected to
be set by Git on initialization only. Subsequently, Git relies on the
proper configuration of this variable, as noted by Bryan Turner [1]:

    Git on a case-insensitive filesystem (APFS, HFS+, FAT32, exFAT,
    vFAT, NTFS, etc.) is not designed to be run with anything other
    than core.ignoreCase=true.

[1] https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152998665813997&w=2
    mid:CAGyf7-GeE8jRGPkME9rHKPtHEQ6P1+ebpMMWAtMh01uO3bfy8w@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Marc Strapetz <marc.strapetz@syntevo.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/config.txt