enbas/internal/utilities/absolute.go
Dan Anglin 3d20adfa57
chore: REUSE.toml
- Replace .reuse/dep5 with the new REUSE.toml file.
- Add licensing information to REUSE.toml and remove the licensing
  headers from the source files.
2024-08-01 04:01:38 +01:00

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package utilities
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
)
func AbsolutePath(path string) (string, error) {
if strings.HasPrefix(path, "~") {
homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get user's home directory; %w", err)
}
path = filepath.Join(homeDir, path[1:])
}
absPath, err := filepath.Abs(path)
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to get the absolute path: %w", err)
}
return absPath, nil
}