tiger_lib/util.rs
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//! Miscellaneous helper functions related to filesystem operations.
use std::borrow::Borrow;
use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
/// A trait to join a string that may contain `.` or `..` to a path, and process those components
/// for their meaning instead of just appending them.
///
/// This is useful when the resulting path has to be compared for equality with previously stored paths.
///
/// Note that this is exclusively a pathname operation. It does not check the filesystem to see if
/// any of the pathname components are symbolic links.
pub trait SmartJoin {
fn smart_join(&self, with: &str) -> PathBuf;
fn smart_join_parent(&self, with: &str) -> PathBuf;
}
impl SmartJoin for Path {
fn smart_join(&self, with: &str) -> PathBuf {
let mut result = self.to_path_buf();
for component in with.split('/') {
if component == "." {
continue;
}
if component == ".." {
result.pop();
} else {
result.push(component);
}
}
result
}
fn smart_join_parent(&self, with: &str) -> PathBuf {
if let Some(parent) = self.parent() {
parent.smart_join(with)
} else {
self.smart_join(with)
}
}
}
/// Redo a path so that all the slashes lean the correct way for the target platform.
/// This is mostly for Windows users, to avoid showing them paths with a mix of slashes.
pub fn fix_slashes_for_target_platform<P: Borrow<Path>>(path: P) -> PathBuf {
path.borrow().components().collect()
}