If 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.m

If 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...