Git-windows case sensitive file names not handled properly

Question

We have the git bare repository in unix that has files with same name that differs only in cases.

Example:

GRANT.sql
grant.sql

When

Answer 1

Cygwin handles case sensitivity and funny characters in filenames much better than MSys.

Change this registry key to enable case sensitivity in Windows:

HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Kernel\ObCaseInsensitive=0

See here for some caveats in how case sensitivity is supported in Cygwin.