You must have been told how to rename files/folders under GIT. git mv
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localhost:case-test sskaje$ touch bbb localhost:case-test sskaje$ git add bbb localhost:case-test sskaje$ git commit -m "bbb" [master 701aca0] bbb 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 bbb localhost:case-test sskaje$ ll total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 sskaje staff 102 Dec 3 16:32 AAA -rw-r--r-- 1 sskaje staff 0 Dec 3 16:34 bbb localhost:case-test sskaje$ git mv bbb ccc localhost:case-test sskaje$ git status On branch master Changes to be committed: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) renamed: bbb -> ccc localhost:case-test sskaje$ git commit -m "rename bbb 2 ccc" [master 1519a8e] rename bbb 2 ccc 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename bbb => ccc (100%) |
And, you may also know that OS X uses case-INsensitive file system by default. So, How to rename a folder named AAA to aaa ? Let’s try git mv
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localhost:case-test sskaje$ git mv AAA aaa fatal: renaming 'AAA' failed: Invalid argument |
git mv –force
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localhost:case-test sskaje$ git mv --force AAA aaa fatal: renaming 'AAA' failed: Invalid argument |
Why? Because AAA and aaa are ONE […]