Case sensitive changes in git


Context

I ran into an issue where I had to rename a file in git. Usually after renaming the file, git will detect the change and as part of the commit operation, detect that a rename is taking place. Except when the only changes are case-related.

Solution

The solution is to use git mv as follows:

$ git mv -f currentname CurrentName

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