diff --git a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/git_command_tests.rs b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/git_command_tests.rs
index 5b2c0b2302..38e977de11 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/git_command_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/git_command_tests.rs
@@ -2356,10 +2356,10 @@ fn resolver_fails_closed_for_unsupported_windows_device_namespaces() {
 #[cfg(windows)]
 #[test]
 fn resolver_selects_native_git_exe_only() {
-    assert!(paths_equal(
-        Path::new(r"C:\Repo\.git"),
-        Path::new(r"c:\repo\.GIT")
-    ));
+    let mixed_case = Path::new(r"C:\Repo\.git");
+    let lower_case = Path::new(r"c:\repo\.GIT");
+    assert!(crate::git_config::path_is_within(mixed_case, lower_case));
+    assert!(crate::git_config::path_is_within(lower_case, mixed_case));
     let fixture = tempfile::tempdir().expect("fixture");
     let repo = fixture.path().join("repo");
     let scripts = fixture.path().join("scripts");
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/path_authority.rs b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/path_authority.rs
index ab0cd13ccb..b567df0368 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/path_authority.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/path_authority.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ mod windows_path;
 
 use route_walker::RawRouteObservation;
 use route_walker::RouteObservationSnapshot;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use route_walker::invalid_data;
 use route_walker::observe_route;
 #[cfg(any(windows, test))]
 pub(crate) use windows_path::windows_authority_path_is_ambiguous;