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Crit! path.relative trim first symbol of dirname

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start at index.js line 23 and compare path.relative('.', 'root/app') with the isolated function in the linked JSBin. Confirm that the result preserves the leading character and matches the expected 'root/app' output.

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Description

Description:
Calling path.relative('.', 'root/app') return 'oot/app' instead of 'root/app'

Expected:
'root/app'

Problem at:
https://github.com/browserify/path-browserify/blob/master/index.js#L23

Fiddle (isolated function):
https://jsbin.com/cinaxatugo/1/edit?js,console

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