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How come Windows, with quirks and all, don't have any problem with this for like what, 25 years? (Reading this discussion thread feels like some strange altern
by tandr 6y ago
How come Windows, with quirks and all, don't have any problem with this for like what, 25 years?
(Reading this discussion thread feels like some strange alternative reality where "take ... from my cold dead hands" is transported to FS world.)
- michaelmrose 6y agoIf I understand correctly NTFS is actually case sensitive. I believe windows provided a higher level api that is case insensitive from way back. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilea?redirectedfrom=MSDN https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/n... Because everything on windows used the win32 api applications are friendly to case insensitivity but you can still run into problems interacting with other systems that are not. https://www.hanselman.com/blog/GitIsCasesensitiveAndYourFilesystemMayNotBeWeirdFolderMergingOnWindows.aspx https://www.hanselman.com/blog/GitIsCasesensitiveAndYourFile...