# pathe

> Normalized paths for Node.js

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🧪 This package is still experimental and might not handle all cases. Please track issues.

## ❓ 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.**

This package is a drop-in replacement of the Node.js's `path` module and ensures paths are normalized with slash `/`.

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**.

## 💿 Install

Install using npm or yarn:

```bash
npm i pathe
# or
yarn add pathe
```

Import:

```js
// ESM / Typescript
import { resolve } from 'pathe'

// CommonJS
const { resolve } = require('pathe')
```

Read more about path utils from [Node.js documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/path.html) and rest assured behavior is ALWAYS like POSIX regardless of your input paths format and running platform!

## License

MIT. Made with 💖

Some code used form Node.js project. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE).

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