Flexibility is also a feature [LWN.net]

Flexibility is also a feature

Posted Feb 12, 2026 7:03 UTC (Thu) by bof (subscriber, #110741)
In reply to: Flexibility is also a feature by wtarreau
Parent article: Evolving Git for the next decade

> aside FAT/NTFS, how many other FS are case insensitive by default to call that "most"

MacOS. And you know what all fashionable coders use locally, nowadays...

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Posted Feb 12, 2026 7:38 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (1 responses)

Note both HFS+ and APFS support case-sensitivity too.

Since APFS has volume management built-in (like any other modern FS), it's very quick to carve space for a new case-sensitive partition.

Posted Feb 12, 2026 9:26 UTC (Thu) by dottedmag (subscriber, #18590) [Link]

Remind me, when did Apple change macOS installations to create $HOME is on a case-sensitive partition?