Add a resolvePath or absPath function

[ssbarnea]

Description

Current function templates do not allow someone to resolve a path like like FOO=/foo/bar/zzz with ...

I looked at relPath and the other path related functions but I found none that can resolve paths (ideally even resolving symlinks).

Current workaround is to rely on bash to do it.

[trulede]

Do any of these help? https://sprig.taskfile.dev/

[trulede]

@ssbarnea there are clean functions here (more than one): https://sprig.taskfile.dev/paths.html

There is a go function EvalSymlinks, it could be added in this repo:
https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/blob/38f81b619418835ccb38a10056359737311c99e3/functions.go#L243

You can easily try that out, and open a PR there if you want.

[Djabx]

Hi,

BTW the documentation reference a function joinPath here (cc @ssbarnea it's useful for abspath).

But I can't find any documentation anywhere here: https://sprig.taskfile.dev/paths.html.

[trulede]

The code for all the functions is here, its not difficult to understand:
https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/blob/38f81b619418835ccb38a10056359737311c99e3/functions.go#L243

For the functions mentioned, you need to wrap the call and consume the err return value. So, like this:

"osAbs" : func(p string) string {abs, _ := filepath.Abs(p); return abs},

and the corresponding documentation (https://pkg.go.dev/path/filepath#Abs).

@Djabx @ssbarnea feel welcome to open a PR for the functions you think are missing. Or missing documentation.

[tsics]

I'd like to contribute. Please assign this issue to me. Thanks!

@trulede

[tsics]

@ssbarnea

Hi, could you provide a concrete example of the input and expected output? That would help clarify the use case and determine which existing function (if any) could solve the problem.