Unicode's multiple representations of one filename break Finder, terminal and NFS cache
jedisct1 · x · 2026-09-16
jedisct1 shares a fun edge case: since Unicode lets the same characters be encoded in multiple ways, Finder and the terminal can end up referring to the same file under different representation-level names — causing some truly weird NFS cache bugs. This is the root cause behind the latest Turbocrypt fixes.
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