fix: Resolve PinNote/PInNote case-collision causing phantom modified files#2233
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fix: Resolve PinNote/PInNote case-collision causing phantom modified files#2233steverobertsuk wants to merge 1 commit into
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… to continuously show as modified on case-insensitive environments Signed-off-by: Steve Roberts <steve@shadowcomputers.co.uk>
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What was happening (plain English)
Some users would clone the repository and immediately see several files marked as “changed,” even though they had not edited anything.
This happened because the repository accidentally contained two folder names that look almost the same:
On Windows (and some Mac setups), those names are treated as the same folder because the file system ignores uppercase/lowercase differences. Git, however, treats them as different paths. That mismatch makes Git think files are constantly modified.
Why this was confusing
What this PR changes
This PR removes the duplicate case-variant folder and keeps a single canonical PinNote path.
Result
After this change:
User impact
This is a cleanup/fix PR. It does not introduce new features.
The main benefit is reliability and reduced confusion for contributors, especially on Windows.