1 files changed, 77 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/path.rs b/library/std/src/path.rs
index 85cad65da6a..dc5922c53ba 100644
--- a/library/std/src/path.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/path.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ use crate::str::FromStr;
 use crate::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
-
+use crate::sys;
 use crate::sys::path::{is_sep_byte, is_verbatim_sep, parse_prefix, MAIN_SEP_STR};
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -3164,3 +3164,79 @@ impl Error for StripPrefixError {
         "prefix not found"
     }
 }
+
+/// Makes the path absolute without accessing the filesystem.
+///
+/// If the path is relative, the current directory is used as the base directory.
+/// All intermediate components will be resolved according to platforms-specific
+/// rules but unlike [`canonicalize`][crate::fs::canonicalize] this does not
+/// resolve symlinks and may succeed even if the path does not exist.
+///
+/// If the `path` is empty or getting the
+/// [current directory][crate::env::current_dir] fails then an error will be
+/// returned.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ## Posix paths
+///
+/// ```
+/// #![feature(absolute_path)]
+/// # #[cfg(unix)]
+/// fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+///   use std::path::{self, Path};
+///
+///   // Relative to absolute
+///   let absolute = path::absolute("foo/./bar")?;
+///   assert!(absolute.ends_with("foo/bar"));
+///
+///   // Absolute to absolute
+///   let absolute = path::absolute("/foo//test/.././bar.rs")?;
+///   assert_eq!(absolute, Path::new("/foo/test/../bar.rs"));
+///   Ok(())
+/// }
+/// # #[cfg(not(unix))]
+/// # fn main() {}
+/// ```
+///
+/// The paths is resolved using [POSIX semantics][posix-semantics] except that
+/// it stops short of resolving symlinks. This means it will keep `..`
+/// components and trailing slashes.
+///
+/// ## Windows paths
+///
+/// ```
+/// #![feature(absolute_path)]
+/// # #[cfg(windows)]
+/// fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+///   use std::path::{self, Path};
+///
+///   // Relative to absolute
+///   let absolute = path::absolute("foo/./bar")?;
+///   assert!(absolute.ends_with(r"foo\bar"));
+///
+///   // Absolute to absolute
+///   let absolute = path::absolute(r"C:\foo//test\..\./bar.rs")?;
+///
+///   assert_eq!(absolute, Path::new(r"C:\foo\bar.rs"));
+///   Ok(())
+/// }
+/// # #[cfg(not(windows))]
+/// # fn main() {}
+/// ```
+///
+/// For verbatim paths this will simply return the path as given. For other
+/// paths this is currently equivalent to calling [`GetFullPathNameW`][windows-path]
+/// This may change in the future.
+///
+/// [posix-semantics]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_13
+/// [windows-path]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-getfullpathnamew
+#[unstable(feature = "absolute_path", issue = "none")]
+pub fn absolute<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+    if path.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+        Err(io::const_io_error!(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "cannot make an empty path absolute",))
+    } else {
+        sys::path::absolute(path)
+    }
+}