fix: respect symlink paths without canonicalizing them (#126)

app/src/app.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use anyhow::{Ok, Result};
 use config::{keymap::{Control, Key, KeymapLayer}, BOOT};
 use crossterm::event::KeyEvent;
-use shared::{absolute_url, Term};
+use shared::{expand_url, Term};
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
 use crate::{Ctx, Executor, Logs, Root, Signals};
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl App {
 		match event {
 			Event::Cd(url) => {
 				futures::executor::block_on(async {
-					manager.active_mut().cd(absolute_url(url)).await;
+					manager.active_mut().cd(expand_url(url)).await;
 				});
 			}
 			Event::Refresh => {

app/src/header/layout.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use ratatui::{layout, prelude::{Buffer, Constraint, Direction, Rect}, style::{Color, Style}, widgets::{Paragraph, Widget}};
-use shared::readable_home;
+use shared::readable_path;
 
 use super::Tabs;
 use crate::Ctx;
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Layout<'a> {
 
 		let current = &self.cx.manager.current();
 		let location = if current.cwd.is_search() {
-			format!("{} (search)", readable_home(&current.cwd))
+			format!("{} (search)", readable_path(&current.cwd))
 		} else {
-			readable_home(&current.cwd)
+			readable_path(&current.cwd)
 		};
 
 		Paragraph::new(location).style(Style::new().fg(Color::Cyan)).render(chunks[0], buf);

app/src/manager/folder.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use core::files::File;
 
 use config::{MANAGER, THEME};
 use ratatui::{buffer::Buffer, layout::Rect, style::Style, widgets::{List, ListItem, Widget}};
-use shared::readable_path;
+use shared::short_path;
 
 use crate::Ctx;
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Folder<'a> {
 					self.file_style(f)
 				};
 
-				let mut path = format!(" {icon} {}", readable_path(f.url(), &self.folder.cwd));
+				let mut path = format!(" {icon} {}", short_path(f.url(), &self.folder.cwd));
 				if let Some(link_to) = f.link_to() {
 					if MANAGER.show_symlink {
 						path.push_str(&format!(" -> {}", link_to.display()));

config/src/boot/boot.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{env, fs, path::PathBuf, process};
 
 use clap::{command, Parser};
-use shared::absolute_path;
+use shared::expand_path;
 
 use crate::{Xdg, PREVIEW};
 
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ impl Default for Boot {
 	fn default() -> Self {
 		let args = Args::parse();
 
-		let cwd =
-			args.cwd.map(absolute_path).filter(|p| p.is_dir()).or_else(|| env::current_dir().ok());
+		let cwd = args.cwd.map(expand_path).filter(|p| p.is_dir()).or_else(|| env::current_dir().ok());
 
 		let boot = Self {
 			cwd:       cwd.unwrap_or("/".into()),

config/src/preview/preview.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{path::{Path, PathBuf}, time::{self, SystemTime}};
 
 use md5::{Digest, Md5};
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use shared::absolute_path;
+use shared::expand_path;
 
 use super::PreviewAdaptor;
 use crate::{xdg::Xdg, MERGED_YAZI};
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl Default for Preview {
 		let preview = toml::from_str::<Outer>(&MERGED_YAZI).unwrap().preview;
 
 		let cache_dir =
-			preview.cache_dir.filter(|p| !p.is_empty()).map_or_else(Xdg::cache_dir, absolute_path);
+			preview.cache_dir.filter(|p| !p.is_empty()).map_or_else(Xdg::cache_dir, expand_path);
 
 		Preview {
 			adaptor: Default::default(),

config/src/theme/theme.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use shared::absolute_path;
+use shared::expand_path;
 use validator::Validate;
 
 use super::{ColorGroup, Filetype, Icon, Style};
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl Default for Theme {
 
 		check_validation(theme.tab.validate());
 
-		theme.preview.syntect_theme = absolute_path(&theme.preview.syntect_theme);
+		theme.preview.syntect_theme = expand_path(&theme.preview.syntect_theme);
 
 		theme
 	}

config/src/xdg.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
-use shared::absolute_path;
+use shared::expand_path;
 
 pub(super) struct Xdg;
 
 impl Xdg {
 	pub(super) fn config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
 		if let Some(s) = env::var_os("YAZI_CONFIG_HOME").filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) {
-			return Some(absolute_path(s));
+			return Some(expand_path(s));
 		}
 
 		#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]

shared/src/fns.rs

@@ -4,30 +4,30 @@ use tokio::fs;
 
 use crate::Url;
 
-pub fn absolute_path(p: impl AsRef<Path>) -> PathBuf {
+pub fn expand_path(p: impl AsRef<Path>) -> PathBuf {
 	let p = p.as_ref();
 	if let Ok(p) = p.strip_prefix("~") {
 		if let Some(home) = env::var_os("HOME") {
 			return PathBuf::from_iter([&home, p.as_os_str()]);
 		}
 	}
-	std::fs::canonicalize(p).unwrap_or_else(|_| p.to_path_buf())
+	p.to_path_buf()
 }
 
 #[inline]
-pub fn absolute_url(mut u: Url) -> Url {
-	u.set_path(absolute_path(&u));
+pub fn expand_url(mut u: Url) -> Url {
+	u.set_path(expand_path(&u));
 	u
 }
 
-pub fn readable_path(p: &Path, base: &Path) -> String {
+pub fn short_path(p: &Path, base: &Path) -> String {
 	if let Ok(p) = p.strip_prefix(base) {
 		return p.display().to_string();
 	}
 	p.display().to_string()
 }
 
-pub fn readable_home(p: &Path) -> String {
+pub fn readable_path(p: &Path) -> String {
 	if let Ok(home) = env::var("HOME") {
 		if let Ok(p) = p.strip_prefix(home) {
 			return format!("~/{}", p.display());