Method: Pathname#common_path

Defined in:

lib/pleasant_path/pathname.rb

#common_path(other) ⇒ Pathname

Returns the longest path that the Pathname and other have in common.

Examples:

f1 = Pathname.new("dir1/file1")
f2 = Pathname.new("dir1/subdir1/file2")
f3 = Pathname.new("dir1/subdir1/file3")
f4 = Pathname.new("dir2/file4")

f1.common_path(f2)  # == Pathname.new("dir1/")
f2.common_path(f3)  # == Pathname.new("dir1/subdir1/")
f3.common_path(f4)  # == Pathname.new("")

[f1, f2, f3].reduce(&:common_path)  # == Pathname.new("dir1/")

Parameters:

• other (Pathname)

Returns:

• (Pathname)

See Also:

• File.common_path

# File 'lib/pleasant_path/pathname.rb', line 77

def common_path(other)
  File.common_path([self.to_s, other.to_s]).to_pathname
end