Renaming file with differences only in casing doesn't work

By blamey.... on July 21, 2011 09:49 (imported from Google Code)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Commit file 'foo.txt'
2. Attempt to rename 'foo.txt' to 'Foo.txt' using TortoiseGit Context Menu

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would expect to rename my file, and then have a pending change.

Instead a get an error message like this:

"fatal: destination exists, source=foo.xml, destination=Foo.xml"

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Windows 7 Home Premium. Build 7601: SP 1.
TortoiseGit 1.6.5.0
git version 1.7.3.1.mysysgit.0

Please provide any additional information below.
Can workaround by making two changes,
e.g. 'foo.txt' -> 'Foo.txt2' -> 'Foo.txt' -> commit.

I encountered the problem because Java checks that the filenames have the right casing.

Thanks & Kind Regards