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And so should we be able to have “é.txt” and “é.txt” in the same directory (with a different UTF-8 normalization?) What encoding should we use BTW?

I’m not advocating for case-insensitive fs (literally the first thing I do when I get a Mac is reformat it to be on a case-sensitive fs), but things are not that simple either.

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> And so should we be able to have “é.txt” and “é.txt” in the same directory

That's what Linux does.

It does create some problems that seem to never happen on practice, while it avoids some problems that seem to happen once in a while. So yeah, I'd say it's a good idea.