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Fixes #1689

getRepoPath returned new URL(cloneUrl).pathname for local (file://) repositories. That value is percent-encoded, so a repo at /Users/me/Code Projects/my repo was looked up at /Users/me/Code%20Projects/my%20repo, which does not exist. The repo was discovered but could not be indexed or browsed. It now uses fileURLToPath(cloneUrl), which returns the real on-disk path.

Not covered here: # and ? in a path still break, because the clone URL itself is built without encoding. That is a separate change.

How I verified it

New tests in packages/shared/src/utils.test.ts (a path with spaces, a path with é and brackets, and a plain path):

  • On main (b493151), 2 fail. For example path is /Users/me/Code%20Projects/my%20repo where /Users/me/Code Projects/my repo is expected.
  • With the fix, the whole shared suite passes (9 files, 142 tests), and tsc --noEmit -p packages/shared is clean.

A reviewer can confirm it by adding a local repo connection for a directory with a space in its name and indexing it.

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Localized path resolution for local genericGitHost repos with backward-compatible fallbacks; no auth or remote clone behavior changes.

Overview
Fixes local generic-git repos whose on-disk paths include spaces, non-ASCII characters, or other segments that must be percent-encoded in a file:// URL. Discovery could succeed, but indexing and browsing failed because the stored path was wrong.

Write path: new local repos get cloneUrl from pathToFileURL(repoPath) instead of concatenating file:// with a raw path.

Read path: getRepoPath decodes file:// clone URLs with fileURLToPath rather than using URL.pathname (which stays percent-encoded). It keeps legacy behavior when the decoded path is missing but the old literal pathname exists, when URL parsing throws on invalid escapes like %2F, and normalizes Windows /C:/... pathnames.

Tests cover spaces, Unicode, Windows legacy URLs, and literal % in directory names; the changelog records the fix.

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Summary by cubic

Fixes local repository lookup for file:// clone URLs so repos with spaces, non-ASCII characters, or other percent-encodable segments in their path can be indexed and browsed.

Bug Fixes

  • New clone URLs are stored via pathToFileURL(), and getRepoPath decodes them with fileURLToPath() instead of returning the percent-encoded URL.pathname.
  • Legacy records that stored file:// plus a raw path fall back to the literal pathname when the decoded path doesn't exist, so valid percent escapes in directory names and invalid escapes like %2F still resolve.
  • Legacy Windows URLs like /C:/... are normalized to drive-letter paths on Windows.
  • Paths containing # or ? remain unsupported since the clone URL itself isn't encoded.
  • Tests and a changelog entry cover new, legacy, and Windows path shapes.

Written for commit 0dc9619. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed local repository paths containing spaces, non-ASCII characters, or literal percent-encoded text so they resolve correctly and can be indexed.
    • Improved handling of legacy Windows file paths, including paths with a drive-letter prefix, to ensure they resolve to the intended local repository.

breken-ai and others added 2 commits September 24, 2026 20:22
Local generic git repositories are stored with a `file://<path>` clone
URL. getRepoPath returned URL.pathname, which is percent-encoded, so a
repository under `/Users/me/Code Projects/repo` resolved to
`/Users/me/Code%20Projects/repo`. Indexing and the file viewer then
looked for a directory that does not exist.

Use fileURLToPath to get the decoded on-disk path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Local repository clone URLs now use pathToFileURL. getRepoPath converts file: URLs with fileURLToPath and handles existing paths and legacy Windows URL pathnames. Tests cover encoded paths and legacy URL cases.

Changes

Local repository path resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Create and resolve local file URLs
packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts, packages/shared/src/utils.ts, packages/shared/src/utils.test.ts, CHANGELOG.md
Local clone URLs use pathToFileURL. getRepoPath converts file: URLs with fileURLToPath and uses a normalized legacy pathname when the converted path does not exist and the legacy path does. Tests cover paths with spaces, percent-encodable characters, legacy Windows pathnames, and literal %20 directory names. The changelog records the fix.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a91b6

Local repositories with spaces or non-ASCII paths should resolve correctly. No actionable issue remains from the supplied evidence; normal checks are sufficient before merging.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4d4d5

The change affects 3 systems.

Changed systems: packages/shared, CHANGELOG.md, packages/backend

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  • observed — packages/shared (library) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — CHANGELOG.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
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Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in CHANGELOG.md: Added an Unreleased fix entry documenting that local repository paths containing spaces or non-ASCII characters no longer resolve to an unindexable percent-encoded path.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts: Added the pathToFileURL import from url.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/backend/src/repoCompileUtils.ts: Local repository clone URLs are now generated with pathToFileURL(repoPath).href instead of manually prefixing the path with file://.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/shared/src/utils.test.ts: The test file adds filesystem, temporary-directory, path, and URL conversion imports used by local repository path tests.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the primary change: decoding local repository paths from file:// clone URLs. It is concise and specific.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1689 requires local file:// repositories to resolve to on-disk paths. getRepoPath now uses fileURLToPath, handles legacy raw URLs, and normalizes legacy Windows paths. Tests cover spaces,…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within issue #1689. The URL construction change, legacy URL handling, Windows normalization, regression tests, and changelog entry all support correct local repository path resolution…
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Follow-up in 01eac55: newly discovered local repositories now construct clone URLs with pathToFileURL, so literal %, #, and ? characters are encoded before persistence. getRepoPath retains a fallback for legacy raw URLs that fileURLToPath rejects. The tests now derive platform-native paths and cover both percent-encoded paths and legacy % / %2F cases. Verified: shared utils.test.ts 16/16, shared TypeScript build, and backend TypeScript check.

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