Function pretty_path

archivebox/logging_util.py:546–566

convert paths like .../ArchiveBox/archivebox/../output/abc into output/abc

(path: Union[Path, str], pwd: Union[Path, str]=OUTPUT_DIR)

@enforce_types
def pretty_path(path: Union[Path, str], pwd: Union[Path, str]=OUTPUT_DIR) -> str:
    """convert paths like .../ArchiveBox/archivebox/../output/abc into output/abc"""
    pwd = str(Path(pwd))  # .resolve()
    path = str(path)

    if not path:
        return path

    # replace long absolute paths with ./ relative ones to save on terminal output width
    if path.startswith(pwd) and (pwd != '/'):
        path = path.replace(pwd, '.', 1)
    
    # quote paths containing spaces
    if ' ' in path:
        path = f'"{path}"'

    # if path is just a plain dot, replace it back with the absolute path for clarity
    if path == '.':
        path = pwd

    return path


@enforce_types