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Clarify that setting core.ignoreCase to deviate from reality would not turn a case-incapable filesystem into a case-capable one. * ms/core-icase-doc: Documentation: declare "core.ignoreCase" as internal variable
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default mode is 'dotGitOnly'.
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core.ignoreCase::
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If true, this option enables various workarounds to enable
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Internal variable which enables various workarounds to enable
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Git to work better on filesystems that are not case sensitive,
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like FAT. For example, if a directory listing finds
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"makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
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like APFS, HFS+, FAT, NTFS, etc. For example, if a directory listing
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finds "makefile" when Git expects "Makefile", Git will assume
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it is really the same file, and continue to remember it as
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"Makefile".
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The default is false, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
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will probe and set core.ignoreCase true if appropriate when the repository
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is created.
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+
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Git relies on the proper configuration of this variable for your operating
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and file system. Modifying this value may result in unexpected behavior.
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core.precomposeUnicode::
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This option is only used by Mac OS implementation of Git.
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