{"version":"2.1.238","anchor":"differently-spelled-paths-are-no-longer-mistaken-for-existin","canonical_anchor":"differently-spelled-paths-are-no-longer-mistaken-for-existin","heading":"Differently-spelled paths are no longer mistaken for existing directories","tier":"notice","area":"Working Directories","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.238\/e\/differently-spelled-paths-are-no-longer-mistaken-for-existin","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.238","markdown":"### Differently-spelled paths are no longer mistaken for existing directories\n\nAdding a working directory now recognises the same folder written a different way on Windows or macOS.\n\n**What**\n\nAdding a working directory now compares paths accounting for Windows UNC spellings and private aliases such as macOS `\/private`, so a directory written a different way is no longer wrongly treated as already inside a root you added.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`uncShapeParity: !0`\n\n- Area: Working Directories\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}