Slashes in URL are encoded on Android app

[tez3998]

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I don't know if this is a bug or a specification, but I will report it.

When I see a file on GitHub app and copy that link, slashes in URL are not encoded as follows:

https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/html/element/img/clock-demo-200px.png

On the other hand, when I see a folder on GitHub app and copy that link, slashes in URL are encoded as follows:

https://github.com/mdn/content/tree/main/files%2Fen-us%2Fweb%2Fhtml%2Felement%2Fimg

Other information is as follows:

• OS: Android
• Version of Android: 13
• Version of GitHub app: 1.134.2

[elisealix22]

Hi @tez3998 , nice catch! Thank you for reporting this. I created an issue internally to track this discrepancy. Our Android team will take a look!

[tez3998]

Hi @elisealix22 , thank you for your response!

May I press the "Mark as answer" button?
Or should I not press the button so that we can communicate in the future?

[elisealix22]

I would say mark as answer! It's in our pipeline and we'll take a look soon!

[stevepopovich]

Hi @tez3998 at this time we are not going to take any action here. I can see that it encodes the URL differently, but both the App and the website handle these URLs correctly. If you find something broken here, please let us now!

[tez3998]

Hi @stevepopovich
Thank you for taking the time to look into this. I understand your decision.
Have a great weekend!