From 9b9588e864cc5b79e03af4e0faac9c0fe59ab7e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teddiesloco <teddiesloco@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:30:28 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(filesystem): prevent forced backslash conversion of drive
 paths on POSIX (#4686)

---
 src/filesystem/path-utils.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/filesystem/path-utils.ts b/src/filesystem/path-utils.ts
index 6ab5a5969b..9e9f5be141 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/path-utils.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem/path-utils.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ export function normalizePath(p: string): string {
 
   // Handle Windows paths: convert slashes and ensure drive letter is capitalized
   if (normalized.match(/^[a-zA-Z]:/)) {
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+      // On POSIX, Windows drive paths (e.g. C:\...) are not native absolute paths; preserve or format cleanly
+      return normalized;
+    }
     let result = normalized.replace(/\//g, '\\');
     // Capitalize drive letter if present
     if (/^[a-z]:/.test(result)) {