Rename folder to lowercase - Git

We are always having issues renaming a folder to lower case because git does not tend to understand the difference even if we change the folder.

The way we would rename is:

First move the folder to another temp. folder

git mv src/Home src/homes

Then move the folder to the desired folder name:

git mv src/homes src/home

Finally commit the change

git commit -m "rename folder from Home to home

If you are running windows, the rename may not reflect on the windows explorer so we follow similar approach. -> rename to temp folder and rename it back again

Rename-Item Home homes

commit the changes and again run

Rename-Item homes home

and finally push your changes.

We run webpack so sometimes it caches the build so have to run a build for prod and then again switch back to the local dev build.

Comments

[Mark Elphinstone-Hoadley]

I've been using this:

git config core.ignorecase false

Sorry, I know this is late to the conversation!

[Timo Semmler]

Thanks!

[Osada Vidath]

Thank You So much

[Gautam Singla]

I was struck with an issue due to this exact thing, thanks for writing this article 🙌