Add absolute file names option to BFBS #8055
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What
Add new command line switch to expose absolute BFBS paths instead of relative. This makes it easier for downstream tools to reason about the set of input files rather than trying to interpret relative paths. (#8053 )
Why
Paths on Windows today can be broken since they omit the drive letter:
//../../../:/git/myfile.fbs
I've tested locally and seems to work the way I expect on both Windows and Linux (WSL). I don't have access to a MacOS machine to test with. If you can suggest good test cases for this, I'm happy to write them, though C++ is not a language I work in regularly, so I might need some help there.
Thanks!