From b5c0f0c23a5377d3a77f771140a1b330c0b97ca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chandra Penke <chandrapenke@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:18:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: attempt at canonicalizing a path

---
 rust/candid_parser/src/typing.rs | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/candid_parser/src/typing.rs b/rust/candid_parser/src/typing.rs
index 807f3690..7cc0dc0f 100644
--- a/rust/candid_parser/src/typing.rs
+++ b/rust/candid_parser/src/typing.rs
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ fn check_actor(env: &Env, actor: &Option<IDLType>) -> Result<Option<Type>> {
     }
 }
 
-fn resolve_path(base: &Path, file: &str) -> PathBuf {
+fn resolve_path(base: &Path, file_str: &str) -> PathBuf {
     // TODO use shellexpand to support tilde
-    let file = PathBuf::from(file);
+    let file = PathBuf::from(file_str);
     if file.is_absolute() {
         file
     } else {
-        base.join(file)
+        std::fs::canonicalize(base.join(file)).expect(&format!("cannot canonicalize {file_str}"))
     }
 }