use std::path::{is_separator, Component, Path, PathBuf}; const EXPAND_STR: &str = if cfg!(windows) { r"..\" } else { "../" }; fn handle_dots_push(string: &mut String, count: u8) { if count < 1 { return; } if count == 1 { string.push('.'); return; } for _ in 0..(count - 1) { string.push_str(EXPAND_STR); } string.pop(); // remove last '/' } /// Expands any occurence of more than two dots into a sequence of ../ (or ..\ on windows), e.g., /// "..." into "../..", "...." into "../../../", etc. pub fn expand_ndots(path: impl AsRef) -> PathBuf { // Check if path is valid UTF-8 and if not, return it as it is to avoid breaking it via string // conversion. let path_str = match path.as_ref().to_str() { Some(s) => s, None => return path.as_ref().into(), }; // find if we need to expand any >2 dot paths and early exit if not let mut dots_count = 0u8; let ndots_present = { for chr in path_str.chars() { if chr == '.' { dots_count += 1; } else { if is_separator(chr) && (dots_count > 2) { // this path component had >2 dots break; } dots_count = 0; } } dots_count > 2 }; if !ndots_present { return path.as_ref().into(); } let mut dots_count = 0u8; let mut expanded = String::new(); for chr in path_str.chars() { if chr == '.' { dots_count += 1; } else { if is_separator(chr) { // check for dots expansion only at path component boundaries handle_dots_push(&mut expanded, dots_count); dots_count = 0; } else { // got non-dot within path component => do not expand any dots while dots_count > 0 { expanded.push('.'); dots_count -= 1; } } expanded.push(chr); } } handle_dots_push(&mut expanded, dots_count); expanded.into() } /// Expand "." and ".." into nothing and parent directory, respectively. pub fn expand_dots(path: impl AsRef) -> PathBuf { let path = path.as_ref(); // Early-exit if path does not contain '.' or '..' if !path .components() .any(|c| std::matches!(c, Component::CurDir | Component::ParentDir)) { return path.into(); } let mut result = PathBuf::with_capacity(path.as_os_str().len()); // Only pop/skip path elements if the previous one was an actual path element let prev_is_normal = |p: &Path| -> bool { p.components() .next_back() .map(|c| std::matches!(c, Component::Normal(_))) .unwrap_or(false) }; path.components().for_each(|component| match component { Component::ParentDir if prev_is_normal(&result) => { result.pop(); } Component::CurDir if prev_is_normal(&result) => {} _ => result.push(component), }); dunce::simplified(&result).to_path_buf() } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; #[test] fn expand_two_dots() { let path = Path::new("/foo/bar/.."); assert_eq!( PathBuf::from("/foo"), // missing path expand_dots(path) ); } #[test] fn expand_dots_with_curdir() { let path = Path::new("/foo/./bar/./baz"); assert_eq!(PathBuf::from("/foo/bar/baz"), expand_dots(path)); } fn check_ndots_expansion(expected: &str, s: &str) { let expanded = expand_ndots(Path::new(s)); assert_eq!(Path::new(expected), &expanded); } // common tests #[test] fn string_without_ndots() { check_ndots_expansion("../hola", "../hola"); } #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots_and_chars() { check_ndots_expansion("a...b", "a...b"); } #[test] fn string_with_two_ndots_and_chars() { check_ndots_expansion("a..b", "a..b"); } #[test] fn string_with_one_dot_and_chars() { check_ndots_expansion("a.b", "a.b"); } #[test] fn expand_dots_double_dots_no_change() { // Can't resolve this as we don't know our parent dir assert_eq!(Path::new(".."), expand_dots(Path::new(".."))); } #[test] fn expand_dots_single_dot_no_change() { // Can't resolve this as we don't know our current dir assert_eq!(Path::new("."), expand_dots(Path::new("."))); } #[test] fn expand_dots_multi_single_dots_no_change() { assert_eq!(Path::new("././."), expand_dots(Path::new("././."))); } #[test] fn expand_multi_double_dots_no_change() { assert_eq!(Path::new("../../../"), expand_dots(Path::new("../../../"))); } #[test] fn expand_dots_no_change_with_dirs() { // Can't resolve this as we don't know our parent dir assert_eq!( Path::new("../../../dir1/dir2/"), expand_dots(Path::new("../../../dir1/dir2")) ); } #[test] fn expand_dots_simple() { assert_eq!(Path::new("/foo"), expand_dots(Path::new("/foo/bar/.."))); } #[test] fn expand_dots_complex() { assert_eq!( Path::new("/test"), expand_dots(Path::new("/foo/./bar/../../test/././test2/../")) ); } #[cfg(windows)] mod windows { use super::*; #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots() { check_ndots_expansion(r"..\..", "..."); } #[test] fn string_with_mixed_ndots_and_chars() { check_ndots_expansion( r"a...b/./c..d/../e.f/..\..\..//.", "a...b/./c..d/../e.f/....//.", ); } #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots_and_final_slash() { check_ndots_expansion(r"..\../", ".../"); } #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots_and_garbage() { check_ndots_expansion(r"ls ..\../ garbage.*[", "ls .../ garbage.*["); } } #[cfg(not(windows))] mod non_windows { use super::*; #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots() { check_ndots_expansion(r"../..", "..."); } #[test] fn string_with_mixed_ndots_and_chars() { check_ndots_expansion( "a...b/./c..d/../e.f/../../..//.", "a...b/./c..d/../e.f/....//.", ); } #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots_and_final_slash() { check_ndots_expansion("../../", ".../"); } #[test] fn string_with_three_ndots_and_garbage() { check_ndots_expansion("ls ../../ garbage.*[", "ls .../ garbage.*["); } } }