• Speiser0@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    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?

    • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      The use case for case insensitive file names is all of history has never cared about what case the letters are in for a folder with someone’s name or a folder with an address or a folder for a project name.

      Use case for case insensitive file names is literally all of history. All of it.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      2 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!