Comment on How do search engines treat trailing slashes and capital letters in URLs?parentComments−gowld6yThat's overstating the "case" (pun!). Ignoring or normalizing case is different from ignoring a non-redundant URL with uppercase.But it might cause problems if the IIS server isn't properly case-preserving to normalize back to the standard (possibly capitalized) form.Mac filesystem was nicely case-preserving but case-agnostic in this way, going back decades.−saagarjha6yIt’s still like this by default, which can cause issues when working with folders created on other platforms.
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That's overstating the "case" (pun!). Ignoring or normalizing case is different from ignoring a non-redundant URL with uppercase.
But it might cause problems if the IIS server isn't properly case-preserving to normalize back to the standard (possibly capitalized) form.
Mac filesystem was nicely case-preserving but case-agnostic in this way, going back decades.
It’s still like this by default, which can cause issues when working with folders created on other platforms.