git-init: autodetect core.ignorecase

We already detect if symbolic links are supported by the filesystem.
This patch adds autodetect for case-insensitive filesystems, such
as VFAT and others.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/builtin-init-db.c b/builtin-init-db.c
index a76f5d3474f9d1e16bfc988ad6fd1d971876fe91..b061317275792ccb33eea80a5071b72ed6f8d6a7 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-init-db.c
+++ b/builtin-init-db.c
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
                        git_config_set("core.worktree", work_tree);
        }
 
-       /* Check if symlink is supported in the work tree */
        if (!reinit) {
+               /* Check if symlink is supported in the work tree */
                path[len] = 0;
                strcpy(path + len, "tXXXXXX");
                if (!close(xmkstemp(path)) &&
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *git_dir, const char *template_path)
                        unlink(path); /* good */
                else
                        git_config_set("core.symlinks", "false");
+
+               /* Check if the filesystem is case-insensitive */
+               path[len] = 0;
+               strcpy(path + len, "CoNfIg");
+               if (!access(path, F_OK))
+                       git_config_set("core.ignorecase", "true");
        }
 
        return reinit;