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

The simplest way to actually fix the issue is to rename one of the files so that they won't conflict on a case-insensitive file system like Windows or OS X.

Following a commit from the Linux/Unix system where you can most easily address the problem everything will be fine on Windows after a pull. To prevent this problem from occurring you would need to add a commit hook similar to what djjeck suggested.

The symptoms on Windows for this are very confusing and include:

• Files that always show as changed even if you revert them which makes changing branches or rebasing very difficult.
• Two copies of the file with the names differing only in case both showing changes in git gui

Since both files can not coexist on a case insensitive platform you have to change one of the file names to avoid the trouble.