{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"path-case-folding-now-lowercases-before-uppercasing","canonical_anchor":"path-case-folding-now-lowercases-before-uppercasing","heading":"Path case-folding now lowercases before uppercasing","tier":null,"area":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/path-case-folding-now-lowercases-before-uppercasing","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Path case-folding now lowercases before uppercasing\n\nFile path comparison now folds letter case in the order lower, upper, lower, for more consistent matching of unusual characters\n\n**What**\n\nTo decide whether two file paths are the same regardless of capital letters, Claude Code converts both to a common case. That conversion now lowercases, then uppercases, then lowercases again. It previously only uppercased and then lowercased. This matches how Claude Code already folds file names on Windows.\n\n**Why**\n\nPaths with unusual Unicode letters, meaning characters outside plain English, are more likely to be treated as equal when they should be."}