fd/src/fshelper/mod.rs

use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
use std::io;

/// Get a relative path with respect to a certain base path.
/// See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39343127/704831
pub fn path_relative_from(path: &Path, base: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
    use std::path::Component;

    if path.is_absolute() != base.is_absolute() {
        if path.is_absolute() {
            Some(PathBuf::from(path))
        } else {
            None
        }
    } else {
        let mut ita = path.components();
        let mut itb = base.components();
        let mut comps: Vec<Component> = vec![];
        loop {
            match (ita.next(), itb.next()) {
                (None, None) => break,
                (Some(a), None) => {
                    comps.push(a);
                    comps.extend(ita.by_ref());
                    break;
                }
                (None, _) => comps.push(Component::ParentDir),
                (Some(a), Some(b)) if comps.is_empty() && a == b => (),
                (Some(a), Some(b)) if b == Component::CurDir => comps.push(a),
                (Some(_), Some(b)) if b == Component::ParentDir => return None,
                (Some(a), Some(_)) => {
                    comps.push(Component::ParentDir);
                    for _ in itb {
                        comps.push(Component::ParentDir);
                    }
                    comps.push(a);
                    comps.extend(ita.by_ref());
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        Some(comps.iter().map(|c| c.as_os_str()).collect())
    }
}

pub fn absolute_path(path: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
    let path_buf = path.canonicalize()?;

    #[cfg(windows)]
    let path_buf = Path::new(path_buf.as_path().to_string_lossy().trim_left_matches(
        r"\\?\",
    )).to_path_buf();

    Ok(path_buf)
}