feat: store current dir internally

The call to std::env::current_dir might fail
if the cwd has been deleted. As a way to prevent
this from happening, we keep track internally of
the current working directory and display an error
message when any I/O is attempted.

helix-core/src/path.rs

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn get_normalized_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 pub fn get_canonicalized_path(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<PathBuf> {
     let path = expand_tilde(path);
     let path = if path.is_relative() {
-        std::env::current_dir().map(|current_dir| current_dir.join(path))?
+        helix_loader::current_working_dir().join(path)
     } else {
         path
     };
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ pub fn get_canonicalized_path(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<PathBuf> {
 pub fn get_relative_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
     let path = PathBuf::from(path);
     let path = if path.is_absolute() {
-        let cwdir = std::env::current_dir()
-            .map(|path| get_normalized_path(&path))
-            .expect("couldn't determine current directory");
+        let cwdir = get_normalized_path(&helix_loader::current_working_dir());
         get_normalized_path(&path)
             .strip_prefix(cwdir)
             .map(PathBuf::from)
@@ -142,7 +140,7 @@ pub fn get_relative_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 /// ```
 ///
 pub fn get_truncated_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> PathBuf {
-    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_default();
+    let cwd = helix_loader::current_working_dir();
     let path = path
         .as_ref()
         .strip_prefix(cwd)

helix-loader/Cargo.toml

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ which = "4.4"
 cc = { version = "1" }
 threadpool = { version = "1.0" }
 tempfile = "3.6.0"
+dunce = "1.0.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 libloading = "0.8"

helix-loader/src/lib.rs

@@ -3,16 +3,44 @@ pub mod grammar;
 
 use etcetera::base_strategy::{choose_base_strategy, BaseStrategy};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::RwLock;
 
 pub const VERSION_AND_GIT_HASH: &str = env!("VERSION_AND_GIT_HASH");
 
+static CWD: RwLock<Option<PathBuf>> = RwLock::new(None);
+
 static RUNTIME_DIRS: once_cell::sync::Lazy<Vec<PathBuf>> =
     once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(prioritize_runtime_dirs);
 
 static CONFIG_FILE: once_cell::sync::OnceCell<PathBuf> = once_cell::sync::OnceCell::new();
 
 static LOG_FILE: once_cell::sync::OnceCell<PathBuf> = once_cell::sync::OnceCell::new();
 
+// Get the current working directory.
+// This information is managed internally as the call to std::env::current_dir
+// might fail if the cwd has been deleted.
+pub fn current_working_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    if let Some(path) = &*CWD.read().unwrap() {
+        return path.clone();
+    }
+
+    let path = std::env::current_dir()
+        .and_then(dunce::canonicalize)
+        .expect("Couldn't determine current working directory");
+    let mut cwd = CWD.write().unwrap();
+    *cwd = Some(path.clone());
+
+    path
+}
+
+pub fn set_current_working_dir(path: PathBuf) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let path = dunce::canonicalize(path)?;
+    std::env::set_current_dir(path.clone())?;
+    let mut cwd = CWD.write().unwrap();
+    *cwd = Some(path);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn initialize_config_file(specified_file: Option<PathBuf>) {
     let config_file = specified_file.unwrap_or_else(default_config_file);
     ensure_parent_dir(&config_file);
@@ -217,7 +245,7 @@ pub fn merge_toml_values(left: toml::Value, right: toml::Value, merge_depth: usi
 /// If no workspace was found returns (CWD, true).
 /// Otherwise (workspace, false) is returned
 pub fn find_workspace() -> (PathBuf, bool) {
-    let current_dir = std::env::current_dir().expect("unable to determine current directory");
+    let current_dir = current_working_dir();
     for ancestor in current_dir.ancestors() {
         if ancestor.join(".git").exists() || ancestor.join(".helix").exists() {
             return (ancestor.to_owned(), false);
@@ -243,9 +271,21 @@ fn ensure_parent_dir(path: &Path) {
 mod merge_toml_tests {
     use std::str;
 
-    use super::merge_toml_values;
+    use super::{current_working_dir, merge_toml_values, set_current_working_dir};
     use toml::Value;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn current_dir_is_set() {
+        let new_path = std::env::temp_dir();
+        let cwd = current_working_dir();
+        assert_ne!(cwd, new_path);
+
+        set_current_working_dir(new_path.clone()).expect("Couldn't set new path");
+
+        let cwd = current_working_dir();
+        assert_eq!(cwd, new_path);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn language_toml_map_merges() {
         const USER: &str = r#"

helix-lsp/src/lib.rs

@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ pub fn find_lsp_workspace(
     let mut file = if file.is_absolute() {
         file.to_path_buf()
     } else {
-        let current_dir = std::env::current_dir().expect("unable to determine current directory");
+        let current_dir = helix_loader::current_working_dir();
         current_dir.join(file)
     };
     file = path::get_normalized_path(&file);

helix-term/src/application.rs

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ impl Application {
         } else if !args.files.is_empty() {
             let first = &args.files[0].0; // we know it's not empty
             if first.is_dir() {
-                std::env::set_current_dir(first).context("set current dir")?;
+                helix_loader::set_current_working_dir(first.clone())?;
                 editor.new_file(Action::VerticalSplit);
                 let picker = ui::file_picker(".".into(), &config.load().editor);
                 compositor.push(Box::new(overlaid(picker)));

helix-term/src/commands.rs

@@ -2075,8 +2075,7 @@ fn global_search(cx: &mut Context) {
                     .binary_detection(BinaryDetection::quit(b'\x00'))
                     .build();
 
-                let search_root = std::env::current_dir()
-                    .expect("Global search error: Failed to get current dir");
+                let search_root = helix_loader::current_working_dir();
                 let dedup_symlinks = file_picker_config.deduplicate_links;
                 let absolute_root = search_root
                     .canonicalize()
@@ -2514,7 +2513,7 @@ fn file_picker_in_current_buffer_directory(cx: &mut Context) {
     cx.push_layer(Box::new(overlaid(picker)));
 }
 fn file_picker_in_current_directory(cx: &mut Context) {
-    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("./"));
+    let cwd = helix_loader::current_working_dir();
     let picker = ui::file_picker(cwd, &cx.editor.config());
     cx.push_layer(Box::new(overlaid(picker)));
 }

helix-term/src/commands/dap.rs

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ pub fn dap_start_impl(
         }
     }
 
-    args.insert("cwd", to_value(std::env::current_dir().unwrap())?);
+    args.insert("cwd", to_value(helix_loader::current_working_dir())?);
 
     let args = to_value(args).unwrap();
 

helix-term/src/commands/lsp.rs

@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ fn goto_impl(
     locations: Vec<lsp::Location>,
     offset_encoding: OffsetEncoding,
 ) {
-    let cwdir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_default();
+    let cwdir = helix_loader::current_working_dir();
 
     match locations.as_slice() {
         [location] => {

helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs

@@ -1093,14 +1093,11 @@ fn change_current_directory(
             .as_ref(),
     );
 
-    if let Err(e) = std::env::set_current_dir(dir) {
-        bail!("Couldn't change the current working directory: {}", e);
-    }
+    helix_loader::set_current_working_dir(dir)?;
 
-    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().context("Couldn't get the new working directory")?;
     cx.editor.set_status(format!(
         "Current working directory is now {}",
-        cwd.display()
+        helix_loader::current_working_dir().display()
     ));
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -1114,7 +1111,7 @@ fn show_current_directory(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().context("Couldn't get the new working directory")?;
+    let cwd = helix_loader::current_working_dir();
     cx.editor
         .set_status(format!("Current working directory is {}", cwd.display()));
     Ok(())

helix-term/src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ pub mod completers {
                 match path.parent() {
                     Some(path) if !path.as_os_str().is_empty() => path.to_path_buf(),
                     // Path::new("h")'s parent is Some("")...
-                    _ => std::env::current_dir().expect("couldn't determine current directory"),
+                    _ => helix_loader::current_working_dir(),
                 }
             };