Method resolvePath

src/node/runtime/DevcontainerRuntime.ts:747–770

(filePath: string)

  }

  override async resolvePath(filePath: string): Promise<string> {
    let expanded = this.expandTildeForContainer(filePath);

    if (this.hasUnexpandedTilde(expanded)) {
      await this.fetchRemoteHome();
      if (this.remoteHomeDir) {
        expanded = filePath === "~" ? this.remoteHomeDir : this.remoteHomeDir + filePath.slice(1);
      } else {
        throw new RuntimeError(
          `Failed to resolve path ${filePath}: container home directory unavailable`,
          "exec"
        );
      }
    }

    // Resolve relative paths against container workspace (avoid host cwd leakage)
    if (!expanded.startsWith("/")) {
      const basePath = this.remoteWorkspaceFolder ?? "/";
      return path.posix.resolve(basePath, expanded);
    }

    // For absolute paths, resolve using posix (container is Linux)
    return path.posix.resolve(expanded);
  }

  override tempDir(): Promise<string> {
    const workspaceRoot = this.remoteWorkspaceFolder ?? this.currentWorkspacePath;