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minus-squaremoseschrute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago…and whoever decided a file system should be case insensitive by default, I hate you.
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhat’s the use case for case sensitive file names
minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThink the other way around: What’s the use case for case insensitive file names? Does it justify the effort and complexity for the filesystem and the programs to know the difference between lower and upper space chars?
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months ago What’s the use case for case insensitive file names? Human comprehension. Readme, readme, README, and ReadMe are not meaningfully different to the average user. And for dorks like us - oh my god, tab completion, you know I mean Documents, just take the fucking d!
…and whoever decided a file system should be case insensitive by default, I hate you.
What’s the use case for case sensitive file names
Think the other way around: What’s the use case for case insensitive file names? Does it justify the effort and complexity for the filesystem and the programs to know the difference between lower and upper space chars?
Human comprehension.
Readme, readme, README, and ReadMe are not meaningfully different to the average user.
And for dorks like us - oh my god, tab completion, you know I mean Documents, just take the fucking d!