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fix(prompts): submit initial directory value in path prompt (#484)
Co-authored-by: James Garbutt <43081j@users.noreply.github.com>
author
paul valladares
co-author
James Garbutt
committer
GitHub
date
(Mar 10, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC)
commit
29a50cb9
29a50cb9f3cc66205010749b846cd17ff80817b1
parent
134a1a1c
134a1a1c446fc6a2cbd4a5c112057607487ce86a
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.changeset/tricky-states-tease.md
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.changeset/tricky-states-tease.md
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packages/prompts/src/path.ts
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packages/prompts/src/path.ts
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searchPath = dirname(userInput);
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} else {
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const stat = lstatSync(userInput);
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if (stat.isDirectory()) {
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if (stat.isDirectory() && (!opts.directory || userInput.endsWith('/'))) {
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searchPath = userInput;
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} else {
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searchPath = dirname(userInput);
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}
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}
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// Strip trailing slash so startsWith matches the directory itself among its siblings
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const prefix =
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userInput.length > 1 && userInput.endsWith('/') ? userInput.slice(0, -1) : userInput;
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const items = readdirSync(searchPath)
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.map((item) => {
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const path = join(searchPath, item);
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};
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})
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.filter(
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({ path, isDirectory }) =>
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path.startsWith(userInput) && (isDirectory || !opts.directory)
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({ path, isDirectory }) => path.startsWith(prefix) && (isDirectory || !opts.directory)
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);
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return items.map((item) => ({
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value: item.path,
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}));
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packages/prompts/test/path.test.ts
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packages/prompts/test/path.test.ts
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expect(value).toBe('/tmp/foo');
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});
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test('directory mode submits initial directory value on enter', async () => {
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const result = prompts.path({
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message: 'foo',
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root: '/tmp/',
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initialValue: '/tmp',
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directory: true,
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input,
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output,
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});
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input.emit('keypress', '', { name: 'return' });
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const value = await result;
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expect(value).toBe('/tmp');
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});
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test('directory mode traverses into child when trailing slash entered', async () => {
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const result = prompts.path({
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message: 'foo',
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root: '/tmp/',
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initialValue: '/tmp',
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directory: true,
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input,
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output,
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});
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input.emit('keypress', '/', { name: '/' });
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input.emit('keypress', '', { name: 'return' });
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const value = await result;
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expect(value).toBe('/tmp/foo');
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});
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test('directory mode can navigate from initial directory to child directory', async () => {
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const result = prompts.path({
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message: 'foo',
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root: '/tmp/',
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initialValue: '/tmp/',
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directory: true,
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input,
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output,
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});
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input.emit('keypress', 'f', { name: 'f' });
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input.emit('keypress', '', { name: 'return' });
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const value = await result;
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expect(value).toBe('/tmp/foo');
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});
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test('default mode allows selecting files', async () => {
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const result = prompts.path({
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message: 'foo',