• Kissaki
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    Case insensitive handling protects end-users from doing “bad” things and confusion.

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      I work with a lot of users and a lot of files in my job.

      I don’t remember a single case, where someone had an issue because of upper- or lowercase confusions.

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        Most of my frustration comes from combining cases insensitive folders/files with git and then running my code on another machine. If you aren’t coding where you have hundreds of files that import other files, I could see this being a non issues.

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        On a Linux environment? Mind sharing the usage area?

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          Mostly Windows, and construction industry. So projects generate anywhere from a few hundred to up to a hundred thousand files.

          Everyone has their own filesystem, and then you often have one formal and multiple informal exchange platforms. You still have people throwing around stuff in E-Mails too.

          It is a mess. But in this mess i didn’t come acrosse people complaining they couldnt find a file because of the letters case yet.

          I see that it could be different for programmers, but i dont see that apples solution of treating upper and lowercase as identical name is the solution there, rather than working with explicit file naming conventions in the program.

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            Windows is / Windows filesystems are case insensitive too.

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              Hmm you’re right. I didnt notice so far, nor was it brought up as an issue.

              You can activate case sensitivity since Win 10 or so.