From f13ccbfa61fbf1982fb9fa0908d12aa18c4eaa75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Neumann <983507+florianb@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:00:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify capitalization of .editorconfig file

see https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig/issues/523
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 index.rst | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
index 4d3649b..ea19e89 100644
--- a/index.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ Terminology
 
 In EditorConfig:
 
-- "EditorConfig files" (usually named ``.editorconfig``) include section(s)
-  storing key-value pairs.  EditorConfig files must conform to
-  this specification.
+- "EditorConfig files" are files with the name `.editorconfig` that contain key-value pairs. 
+  These files must follow this specification.
+  EditorConfig files may have been created on file systems that do not differentiate between 
+  upper and lowercase letters. Therefore, plugins should recognise filenames that contain any 
+  letter case, such as ".EditorConfig" or ".EDITORCONFIG".
+  It is recommended that the EditorConfig file be created in all lowercase.
 - "Cores" parse files conforming to this specification, and provide
   key-value pairs to plugins.
 - "Plugins" receive key-value pairs from cores and update an editor's