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On 8/5/2018 5:31 AM, James Darnley wrote:
> You can clone it successfully on Windows if you enable case sensitivity,
> which is probably not recommended but possible with a registry change.

I wouldn't say this is not recommended.  It's documented in the Cygwin 
User's Guide:

https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive

I've been setting up my Cygwin systems to be case sensitive for years 
with no problems.

Ken

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