Visulima path
Drop-in replacement of the Node.js's path module.
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## Why
For [historical reasons](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/larryosterman/why-is-the-dos-path-character), windows followed MS-DOS and using backslash for separating paths rather than slash used for macOS, Linux, and other Posix operating systems. Nowadays, [Windows](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file?redirectedfrom=MSDN) supports both Slash and Backslash for paths. [Node.js's built in `path` module](https://nodejs.org/api/path.html) in the default operation of the path module varies based on the operating system on which a Node.js application is running. Specifically, when running on a Windows operating system, the path module will assume that Windows-style paths are being used. **This makes inconsistent code behavior between Windows and POSIX.**
Compared to popular [upath](https://github.com/anodynos/upath), pathe is providing **identical exports** of Node.js with normalization on **all operations** and written in modern **ESM/Typescript** and has **no dependency on Node.js**!
## Install
```sh
npm install @visulima/path
```
```sh
yarn add @visulima/path
```
```sh
pnpm add @visulima/path
```
## Usage
```js
// ESM / Typescript
import { resolve } from "@visulima/path";
// or
import path from "@visulima/path";
// CommonJS
const { resolve } = require("@visulima/path");
// or
const path = require("@visulima/path");
```
> Check https://nodejs.org/api/path.html about the exported functions.
> Note: path.win32 and path.posix are not exported.
### Extra utilities
`@visulima/path` exports some extra utilities that do not exist in standard Node.js [path module](https://nodejs.org/api/path.html).
In order to use them, you can import from `@visulima/path/utils` subpath:
```js
// ESM / Typescript
import { filename, normalizeAliases, resolveAlias, reverseResolveAlias, isRelative, isBinaryPath, toPath } from "@visulima/path/utils";
// CommonJS
const { filename, normalizeAliases, resolveAlias, reverseResolveAlias, isRelative, isBinaryPath, toPath } = require("@visulima/path/utils");
```
## Related
- [upath](https://github.com/anodynos/upath) - A proxy to `path`, replacing `\` with `/` for all results & methods to add, change, default, trim file extensions.
- [pathe](https://github.com/unjs/pathe) - 🛣️ Drop-in replacement of the Node.js's path module, module that ensures paths are normalized.
## Supported Node.js Versions
Libraries in this ecosystem make the best effort to track [Node.js’ release schedule](https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule).
Here’s [a post on why we think this is important](https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/maintainers-should-consider-following-node-js-release-schedule-ab08ed4de71a).
## Contributing
If you would like to help take a look at the [list of issues](https://github.com/visulima/visulima/issues) and check our [Contributing](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines.
> **Note:** please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
## Credits
- [Daniel Bannert](https://github.com/prisis)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/visulima/visulima/graphs/contributors)
## License
The visulima path is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT][license-url]
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[license-url]: LICENSE.md "license"
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