src/hex_filename.erl

% @private
% Excerpt from https://github.com/erlang/otp/blob/OTP-20.0.1/lib/stdlib/src/filename.erl#L761-L788
% with modifications for changing local function calls to remote function calls
% to the `filename` module, for the functions `pathtype/1`, `split/1`, and `join/1`
%
% safe_relative_path/1 was not present in earlier OTP releases.

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-module(hex_filename).
-export([safe_relative_path/1]).

safe_relative_path(Path) ->
    case filename:pathtype(Path) of
        relative ->
            Cs0 = filename:split(Path),
            safe_relative_path_1(Cs0, []);
        _ ->
            unsafe
    end.

safe_relative_path_1(["." | T], Acc) ->
    safe_relative_path_1(T, Acc);
safe_relative_path_1([<<".">> | T], Acc) ->
    safe_relative_path_1(T, Acc);
safe_relative_path_1([".." | T], Acc) ->
    climb(T, Acc);
safe_relative_path_1([<<"..">> | T], Acc) ->
    climb(T, Acc);
safe_relative_path_1([H | T], Acc) ->
    safe_relative_path_1(T, [H | Acc]);
safe_relative_path_1([], []) ->
    [];
safe_relative_path_1([], Acc) ->
    filename:join(lists:reverse(Acc)).

climb(_, []) ->
    unsafe;
climb(T, [_ | Acc]) ->
    safe_relative_path_1(T, Acc).