title: Why is git capitalizing my branch name prefix?
body: <p>I have a really straightforward set of git commands that is resulting in some curious behavior:</p>
  
  <p>Show my current local branches, and see that I'm on <code>release/beta1</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git branch
    develop
    master
  * release/beta1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Create a <code>bugfix/somefeature</code> branch from <code>release/beta1</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git checkout -b bugfix/somefeature
  Switched to a new branch 'bugfix/somefeature'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So far so good, right? Well, show me local branches again:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git branch
    BUGFIX/somefeature
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The questions:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Why did the <code>bugfix</code> prefix of my branch get capitalized as <code>BUGFIX</code>?</li>
  <li>Related, why is that not marked with an asterisk as my current branch?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm using git version 1.8.1.5 via Homebrew on OS X 10.8.2, and this happens with or without my pretty tame <code>~/.gitconfig</code> in place. This happens for seemingly every <code>bugfix/...</code> branch.</p>