nextcloud / nextcloud/desktop

Rename with only case change fails in Windows client

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### Expected behaviour
Renaming a file where the only change is the case of letters should work

### Actual behaviour
Rename of a file where the only change is the case of one or more letters results in a sync failure for that file.

### Steps to reproduce
1. Create a file eg, "abc.txt" and wait for it to sync
2. Rename the file to eg "Abc.txt"
3. Observe the result

### Client configuration
3.3.6 (Windows)

Operating system: Windows 10

### Server configuration

Nextcloud version: 22.2.0

(Log files can be provided is fault not easily reproduced)

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