paseo/packages/server/src/utils/path.ts

import os from "node:os";
import nodePath from "node:path";

/**
 * Expand tilde in path to home directory
 */
export function expandTilde(path: string): string {
  if (path.startsWith("~/")) {
    const homeDir = process.env.HOME || os.homedir();
    return path.replace("~", homeDir);
  }
  if (path === "~") {
    return process.env.HOME || os.homedir();
  }
  return path;
}

/**
 * Compare two path strings as filesystem-equivalent for cwd filtering.
 *
 * This is a string-only comparison: it normalizes separators and dot segments,
 * ignores trailing separators, strips Windows namespace prefixes, and
 * case-folds only when comparing as Windows. It does not resolve symlinks or
 * check whether either path exists.
 */
export function areEquivalentPaths(left: string, right: string): boolean {
  const compareAsWindows = shouldCompareAsWindows(left, right);
  return (
    normalizePathForComparison(left, compareAsWindows) ===
    normalizePathForComparison(right, compareAsWindows)
  );
}

export function createPathEquivalenceMatcher(target: string): (candidate: string) => boolean {
  const targetLooksWindows = looksLikeDefiniteWindowsPath(target);
  const compareAsWindows = targetLooksWindows;
  const normalizedTarget = normalizePathForComparison(target, compareAsWindows);

  return (candidate) => {
    const candidateCompareAsWindows = compareAsWindows || looksLikeDefiniteWindowsPath(candidate);
    const comparableTarget =
      candidateCompareAsWindows === compareAsWindows
        ? normalizedTarget
        : normalizePathForComparison(target, candidateCompareAsWindows);
    return normalizePathForComparison(candidate, candidateCompareAsWindows) === comparableTarget;
  };
}

function shouldCompareAsWindows(left: string, right: string): boolean {
  return looksLikeDefiniteWindowsPath(left) || looksLikeDefiniteWindowsPath(right);
}

function looksLikeDefiniteWindowsPath(value: string): boolean {
  return (
    /^[a-zA-Z]:[\\/]/u.test(value) ||
    /^[/\\]{2}\?[/\\]/u.test(value) ||
    /^\\{2}[^/\\]+[/\\][^/\\]+/u.test(value)
  );
}

function normalizePathForComparison(value: string, compareAsWindows: boolean): string {
  const platformPath = compareAsWindows ? nodePath.win32 : nodePath.posix;
  const comparableValue = compareAsWindows ? stripWindowsNamespacePrefix(value) : value;
  const platformNormalized = platformPath.normalize(comparableValue);
  const normalized = stripTrailingSeparators(
    platformNormalized,
    platformPath.parse(platformNormalized).root,
    compareAsWindows,
  );
  return compareAsWindows ? normalized.toLowerCase() : normalized;
}

function stripWindowsNamespacePrefix(value: string): string {
  const driveMatch = value.match(/^[/\\]{2}\?[/\\]([a-zA-Z]:)[/\\](.*)$/u);
  const drivePrefix = driveMatch?.[1];
  if (drivePrefix) {
    return `${drivePrefix}\\${driveMatch[2] ?? ""}`;
  }

  const uncMatch = value.match(/^[/\\]{2}\?[/\\]UNC[/\\]([^/\\]+)[/\\]([^/\\]+)(?:[/\\](.*))?$/iu);
  const uncServer = uncMatch?.[1];
  const uncShare = uncMatch?.[2];
  if (uncServer && uncShare) {
    const uncRest = uncMatch[3];
    return `\\\\${uncServer}\\${uncShare}${uncRest !== undefined ? `\\${uncRest}` : ""}`;
  }

  return value;
}

function stripTrailingSeparators(value: string, root: string, compareAsWindows: boolean): string {
  const separatorPattern = compareAsWindows ? /[\\/]/u : /\//u;
  let result = value;
  while (result.length > root.length && separatorPattern.test(result.at(-1) ?? "")) {
    result = result.slice(0, -1);
  }
  return result;
}