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In VS on Mac OS when I try to rename a file then if the file exists with a different case it won't let me rename it. Is there any way around this. Seems like something I would have thought would have been fixed 20 years ago :-(

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Stephen Kennedy
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Alan2
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    By default, the macOS file system is case insensitive, meaning that GsButton.xaml and GSButton.xaml are really just different ways of writing the same filename. – Gordon Davisson Jun 23 '19 at 18:20

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not sure I understand your issue, are you trying to rename a file to a name that's already exist (with or without the same case)? because if that's the case, you won't be able since apfs isn't case sensitive as far as I know.

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  • I am trying to rename a file from GssButton to GsButton. However I file with name GSButton exists and it appears Mac OS visual studio does not handle case sensitivity of filenames :-( – Alan2 Jun 24 '19 at 05:37
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    As I was saying, APFS isn't case sensitive (unless you set it to be), so if there's a file exist already with the name you desire, you cannot create / rename another file to its name in the same directory no matter the case. you'll have to use a different name or save it under a different directory with the name you want. – stylo Jun 24 '19 at 06:20