import { realpathSync } from "node:fs";

/**
 * Resolve a path to its canonical (real) form, following symlinks.
 * Falls back to the raw path if resolution fails (e.g. the target does
 * not exist yet), so that callers never crash on missing filesystem
 * entries.
 */
export function canonicalizePath(path: string): string {
	try {
		return realpathSync(path);
	} catch {
		return path;
	}
}

/**
 * Returns true if the value is NOT a package source (npm:, git:, etc.)
 * or a URL protocol. Bare names and relative paths without ./ prefix
 * are considered local.
 */
export function isLocalPath(value: string): boolean {
	const trimmed = value.trim();
	// Known non-local prefixes
	if (
		trimmed.startsWith("npm:") ||
		trimmed.startsWith("git:") ||
		trimmed.startsWith("github:") ||
		trimmed.startsWith("http:") ||
		trimmed.startsWith("https:") ||
		trimmed.startsWith("ssh:")
	) {
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}