<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=544634) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> The following discussion from !191377 should be addressed: - [ ] @ms.mondrian started a [discussion](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/191377#note_2515629469): (+3 comments) > **question (non-blocking):** to me, this is a smol code smell. like urls can be encoded or not encoded. i don't know the effort but is it a straightforward fix to get urls either encoded or not from backend instead? We should remove `encodePath` since we already provide encoded path in Rapid Diffs.