Patch 3111264: Allow path.join() to accept any number of args

CHANGES.txt

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 * Patch 3451212: Fix Visual Studio MFC with StaticRuntime
 * Patch 3463020: Add windres environment variable for makefiles (icebreaker)
 * Bug 3413866: Incorrect VS200x .csproj relative source paths
+* Patch 3111264: Allow path.join() to accept any number of args
 
 
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src/base/path.lua

@@ -218,31 +218,38 @@
 	end
 
 	
-	
 --
--- Join two pieces of a path together into a single path.
+-- Join one or more pieces of a path together into a single path.
+-- 
+-- @param ...
+--    One or more path strings.
+-- @return
+--    The joined path.
 --
 
-	function path.join(leading, trailing)
+	function path.join(...)
-		leading = leading or ""
+		local numargs = select("#", ...)
-		
+		if numargs == 0 then
-		if (not trailing) then
+			return "";
-			return leading
 		end
 		
-		if (path.isabsolute(trailing)) then
+		local allparts = {}
-			return trailing
+		for i = numargs, 1, -1 do
+			local part = select(i, ...)
+			if part and #part > 0 and part ~= "." then
+				-- trim off trailing slashes
+				while part:endswith("/") do
+					part = part:sub(1, -2)
+				end
+				
+				table.insert(allparts, 1, part)
+				if path.isabsolute(part) then
+					break
+				end
+			end
 		end
 		
-		if (leading == ".") then
+		return table.concat(allparts, "/")
-			leading = ""
-		end
-		
-		if (leading:len() > 0 and not leading:endswith("/")) then
-			leading = leading .. "/"
-		end
-		
-		return leading .. trailing
 	end
 
 

tests/actions/test_clean.lua

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
 		language "C++"
 		kind "ConsoleApp"
 		prepare()
-		test.contains(removed, "obj")
 		test.contains(removed, "obj/Debug")
 		test.contains(removed, "obj/Release")
 	end

tests/base/test_path.lua

@@ -182,23 +182,43 @@
 --
 
 	function suite.join_OnValidParts()
-		test.isequal("leading/trailing", path.join("leading", "trailing"))
+		test.isequal("p1/p2", path.join("p1", "p2"))
 	end
 	
 	function suite.join_OnAbsoluteUnixPath()
-		test.isequal("/trailing", path.join("leading", "/trailing"))
+		test.isequal("/p2", path.join("p1", "/p2"))
 	end
 	
 	function suite.join_OnAbsoluteWindowsPath()
-		test.isequal("C:/trailing", path.join("leading", "C:/trailing"))
+		test.isequal("C:/p2", path.join("p1", "C:/p2"))
 	end
 
 	function suite.join_OnCurrentDirectory()
-		test.isequal("trailing", path.join(".", "trailing"))
+		test.isequal("p2", path.join(".", "p2"))
 	end
 	
 	function suite.join_OnNilSecondPart()
-		test.isequal("leading", path.join("leading", nil))
+		test.isequal("p1", path.join("p1", nil))
+	end
+	
+	function suite.join_onMoreThanTwoParts()
+		test.isequal("p1/p2/p3", path.join("p1", "p2", "p3"))
+	end
+
+	function suite.join_removesExtraInternalSlashes()
+		test.isequal("p1/p2", path.join("p1/", "p2"))
+	end
+
+	function suite.join_removesTrailingSlash()
+		test.isequal("p1/p2", path.join("p1", "p2/"))
+	end
+
+	function suite.join_ignoresNilParts()
+		test.isequal("p2", path.join(nil, "p2", nil))
+	end
+
+	function suite.join_ignoresEmptyParts()
+		test.isequal("p2", path.join("", "p2", ""))
 	end