Remove uppercase characters from branch names #11
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In platforms with case-insensitive file systems (such as MacOS by default), branch names that differ only by casing can collide with each other, because git stores branches as filenames.
jelle-openai
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Jun 25, 2025
| // file system issues with git branch names. | ||
| // prettier-ignore | ||
| const chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-+"; | ||
| const chars = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-"; |
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removed + too because it can be mildly problematic in some contexts (e.g., URLs) and the code continues to work fine with a shorter alphabet of characters, but happy to put it back if you prefer
jduan-oai
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Thanks for this fix! |
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In platforms with case-insensitive file systems (such as MacOS by default),
branch names that differ only by casing can collide with each other, because
git stores branches as filenames.