github repository names are, in fact, not case-sensitive

[jsoref]

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/troubleshooting-cloning-errors#check-your-spelling

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

docs/content/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/troubleshooting-cloning-errors.md

Line 101 in 03e61d2

Typos happen, and repository names are case-sensitive. If you try to clone `git@{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}:user/repo.git`, but the repository is really named `User/Repo` you will receive this error.

Typos happen, and repository names are case-sensitive. If you try to clone git@{% data variables.command_line.codeblock %}:user/repo.git, but the repository is really named User/Repo you will receive this error.

This is false.

Additional information

% git clone git@github.com:community/community.git --depth 1 --no-tags
Cloning into 'community'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 52, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (52/52), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (44/44), done.
remote: Total 52 (delta 20), reused 21 (delta 7), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (52/52), 32.60 KiB | 1.36 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (20/20), done.

% git clone git@github.com:cOmMuNiTy/CoMmUnItY.git --depth 1 --no-tags
Cloning into 'CoMmUnItY'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 52, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (52/52), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (44/44), done.
remote: Total 52 (delta 20), reused 21 (delta 7), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (52/52), 32.61 KiB | 1.42 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (20/20), done.

[nguyenalex836]

@jsoref Thank you for opening this issue! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

[stevecat]

Hey @jsoref, thanks for opening this! ✨ It looks like this was the case at some point many years ago but the docs were never updated when this changed.

I think we can just remove that entire line from the article. You (or anyone else!) is very welcome to open a PR to make this change!

[jsoref]

I'm inclined to change the example to a homograph (0O/Il1) as the point about copying instead of retyping still stands.

If you have a suggestion for the homograph, we can take it.

[stevecat]

I think the existing content, once the first line is removed, serves this section well:

To avoid this error, when cloning, always copy and paste the clone URL from the repository's page. For more information, see "Cloning a repository."

To update the remote on an existing repository, see "Managing remote repositories".

A homograph would be two words that sound the same but are spelt differently (close/close). I understand what you mean about characters that can look alike and be confusing (I, l, and 1 as you suggested) but I think the existing suggestion to copy/paste covers this. We're usually wary of adding more content than is necessary. If I've misunderstood, feel free to open your PR with the example and we can review it! ✨

[jsoref]

Sorry. I meant homoglyph.