From: "Morris, Chris" <chris.morris@...>
Date: 2002-04-27T00:20:39+09:00
Subject: RE: expand_path and overlap

> I'm not sure, is this like what you want?
> 
>   def collapse_path(path, base)
>     head, = path.split("/", 2)
>     base.rindex(%r"(\A|.*/)#{Regexp.quote(head)}(?:/|\z)")
>     ($1 or base) + path
>   end

Thanks! It seems to be close -- though I haven't groked it myself to see
where it's breaking down. First unit test fails:

  assert_equal("/a/b/c", collapse_path("b/c", "/a/b/c/d/e"))

  expected:</a/b/c> but was:</b/c>

Here are the other asserts I've got at the moment:

  assert_equal("/a/b", collapse_path("b", "/a/b/c/d/e"))
  assert_equal("/a/b/c/f", collapse_path("b/c/f", "/a/b/c/d/e"))
  assert_equal("/a/b/c/d/e/m/n/o", collapse_path("m/n/o", "/a/b/c/d/e"))
  assert_equal("/a/b/c/a/b/d", collapse_path("a/b/d", "/a/b/c/a/b/c"))

Now that matz reminded me about rindex (i should've rtfm :), all these pass
now with something I've written. It's not nearly as concise as your
offering, Nobu, but I'm not much of a Regexp head, so I'm certainly
interested in seeing a solution like yours.

Chris