Tag: Git

Changing Filename Case in Git

Posted on August 31, 2011 in Tutorials

I thought I'd share a quick little trick I've learned for changing the case of a filename in Git. Git is (unfortunately) case-insensitive with filenames. Therefore, if you make a change to a filename's case without using git mv, it won't be picked up. If you do try to use git mv (for example, git mv file File), Git won't accept it, as it doesn't detect any change. Say we have a file named readme.txt,...

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