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context: resolve files whose names contain glob metacharacters (e.g. IMG_0347[1].jpg) #74

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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions scripts/context.py
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Expand Up @@ -318,9 +318,23 @@ def get_source_file_path(partial_path):

if filename in lookup_map:
candidate_paths = lookup_map[filename]
# The filename map already keyed on the exact basename, so a single
# candidate is unambiguous — return it without a pattern match.
if len(candidate_paths) == 1:
return candidate_paths[0]
# Multiple files share this basename; disambiguate by the fuller
# path. Path.match treats glob metacharacters ('[', ']', '*', '?')
# in the pattern as wildcards, so it fails for real filenames that
# contain them (e.g. "IMG_0347[1].jpg"). Try it first for backward
# compatibility, then fall back to an exact path-suffix comparison.
for candidate in candidate_paths:
if Path(candidate).match(partial_path):
return candidate
norm = partial_path.replace('\\', '/')
for candidate in candidate_paths:
cand_norm = candidate.replace('\\', '/')
if cand_norm == norm or cand_norm.endswith('/' + norm):
return candidate

return None

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