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diff --git a/using-git.texinfo b/using-git.texinfo index f753fce..7ce98d0 100644 --- a/using-git.texinfo +++ b/using-git.texinfo @@ -1308,6 +1308,10 @@ is annoying. * Git and shared build caches:: * Git and keyword expansion:: * Git and links:: +* Git and filenames:: +@c TODO * Git and merge tracking:: +@c TODO * git and file renames:: +@c TODO * Git and atomic commits:: @end menu @@ -1447,6 +1451,30 @@ in your symlinks. +@node Git and filenames +@section Git and filenames + +Git treats file names as byte sequences, +meaning that if it supports all characters +supported by your file system, including +one developers operativing systems uses +UTF-8 and the other's uses UTF-16, or +only ASCII, there will be problems. Will +it is true that systems really should use +UTF-8, be case sensitive and support +the entire Unicode, even characters that +are not yet defined with use of all 31 +bits@footnote{Yes Unicode supports only +up to 31 bits, so negative ordinals can +be considered process private use.} +except the NUL control character, you +may consider just using lower case ASCII +and be friendly to other systems on use +a very restricted set of punctuation +and no control characters. + + + @node Beyond Git @chapter Beyond Git @@ -1846,7 +1874,7 @@ distribution. To make possible for everyone to build your program you can use GNU Autotools or just a simple handwritten make file. -Additionall such a build system lets you +Additionally such a build system lets you provide means to configure and customise the build process as well as installing and uninstalling (without using package management) |