handle special backslash followed by quote for paths (#279)

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/zen/cmds/workspaces_cmd.cpp b/src/zen/cmds/workspaces_cmd.cpp
index 2c8fe43f6..05d3c573f 100644
--- a/src/zen/cmds/workspaces_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/zen/cmds/workspaces_cmd.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,23 @@ namespace zen {
 namespace {
 	static void RemoveTrailingPathSeparator(std::filesystem::path& Path)
 	{
-		std::u8string PathString = Path.u8string();
-		if (PathString.ends_with(std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator))
+		if (!Path.empty())
 		{
-			PathString.pop_back();
-			Path = std::filesystem::path(PathString);
+			std::u8string PathString = Path.u8string();
+			if (PathString.ends_with(std::filesystem::path::preferred_separator))
+			{
+				PathString.pop_back();
+				Path = std::filesystem::path(PathString);
+			}
+			// Special case if user gives a path with quotes and includes a backslash at the end:
+			// ="path\" cxxopts strips the leading quote only but not the trailing.
+			// As we expect paths here and we don't want trailing slashes we strip away the quote
+			// manually if the string does not start with a quote UE-231677
+			else if (PathString[0] != '\"' && PathString[PathString.length() - 1] == '\"')
+			{
+				PathString.pop_back();
+				Path = std::filesystem::path(PathString);
+			}
 		}
 	}