gio: New API for GFile from remote commandline arg

Add a pair of new APIs: one to GFile to create a new file from a
commandline arg relative to a given cwd and one to
GApplicationCommandLine to create a GFile from an arg, relative to the
cwd of the invoking commandline.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689037

docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ GFileReadMoreCallback
 g_file_new_for_path
 g_file_new_for_uri
 g_file_new_for_commandline_arg
+g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd
 g_file_new_tmp
 g_file_parse_name
 g_file_dup
@@ -2962,6 +2963,7 @@ GApplicationCommandLineClass
 g_application_command_line_get_arguments
 g_application_command_line_get_cwd
 g_application_command_line_get_environ
+g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg
 g_application_command_line_getenv
 g_application_command_line_get_is_remote
 g_application_command_line_get_platform_data

gio/gapplicationcommandline.c

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "gapplicationcommandline.h"
 
 #include "glibintl.h"
+#include "gfile.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -619,3 +620,34 @@ g_application_command_line_get_platform_data (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline)
   else
       return NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg:
+ * @cmdline: a #GApplicationCommandLine
+ * @arg: an argument from @cmdline
+ *
+ * Creates a #GFile corresponding to a filename that was given as part
+ * of the invocation of @cmdline.
+ *
+ * This differs from g_file_new_for_commandline_arg() in that it
+ * resolves relative pathnames using the current working directory of
+ * the invoking process rather than the local process.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GFile
+ *
+ * Since: 2.36
+ **/
+GFile *
+g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg (GApplicationCommandLine *cmdline,
+                                                const gchar             *arg)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (arg != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (cmdline->priv->cwd)
+    return g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd (arg, cmdline->priv->cwd);
+
+  g_warning ("Requested creation of GFile for commandline invocation that did not send cwd. "
+             "Using cwd of local process to resolve relative path names.");
+
+  return g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (arg);
+}

gio/gapplicationcommandline.h

@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ void                    g_application_command_line_set_exit_status      (GApplic
 
 GVariant *              g_application_command_line_get_platform_data    (GApplicationCommandLine   *cmdline);
 
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_36
+GFile *                 g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg  (GApplicationCommandLine   *cmdline,
+                                                                         const gchar               *arg);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __G_APPLICATION_COMMAND_LINE_H__ */

gio/gfile.c

@@ -6196,6 +6196,36 @@ has_valid_scheme (const char *uri)
   return *p == ':';
 }
 
+static GFile *
+new_for_cmdline_arg (const gchar *arg,
+                     const gchar *cwd)
+{
+  GFile *file;
+  char *filename;
+
+  if (g_path_is_absolute (arg))
+    return g_file_new_for_path (arg);
+
+  if (has_valid_scheme (arg))
+    return g_file_new_for_uri (arg);
+
+  if (cwd == NULL)
+    {
+      char *current_dir;
+
+      current_dir = g_get_current_dir ();
+      filename = g_build_filename (current_dir, arg, NULL);
+      g_free (current_dir);
+    }
+  else
+    filename = g_build_filename (cwd, arg, NULL);
+
+  file = g_file_new_for_path (filename);
+  g_free (filename);
+
+  return file;
+}
+
 /**
  * g_file_new_for_commandline_arg:
  * @arg: a command line string
@@ -6212,26 +6242,40 @@ has_valid_scheme (const char *uri)
 GFile *
 g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (const char *arg)
 {
-  GFile *file;
-  char *filename;
-  char *current_dir;
-
   g_return_val_if_fail (arg != NULL, NULL);
 
-  if (g_path_is_absolute (arg))
+  return new_for_cmdline_arg (arg, NULL);
-    return g_file_new_for_path (arg);
+}
 
-  if (has_valid_scheme (arg))
+/**
-    return g_file_new_for_uri (arg);
+ * g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd:
+ * @arg: a command line string
+ * @cwd: the current working directory of the commandline
+ *
+ * Creates a #GFile with the given argument from the command line.
+ *
+ * This function is similar to g_file_new_for_commandline_arg() except
+ * that it allows for passing the current working directory as an
+ * argument instead of using the current working directory of the
+ * process.
+ *
+ * This is useful if the commandline argument was given in a context
+ * other than the invocation of the current process.
+ *
+ * See also g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg().
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): a new #GFile
+ *
+ * Since: 2.36
+ **/
+GFile *
+g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd (const gchar *arg,
+                                        const gchar *cwd)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (arg != NULL, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (cwd != NULL, NULL);
 
-  current_dir = g_get_current_dir ();
+  return new_for_cmdline_arg (arg, cwd);
-  filename = g_build_filename (current_dir, arg, NULL);
-  g_free (current_dir);
-
-  file = g_file_new_for_path (filename);
-  g_free (filename);
-
-  return file;
 }
 
 /**

gio/gfile.h

@@ -556,6 +556,9 @@ GType                   g_file_get_type                   (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 GFile *                 g_file_new_for_path               (const char                 *path);
 GFile *                 g_file_new_for_uri                (const char                 *uri);
 GFile *                 g_file_new_for_commandline_arg    (const char                 *arg);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_36
+GFile *                 g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd (const gchar           *arg,
+                                                                const gchar           *cwd);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_32
 GFile *                 g_file_new_tmp                    (const char                 *tmpl,
                                                            GFileIOStream             **iostream,

gio/gio.symbols

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ g_application_set_default
 g_application_set_flags
 g_application_set_inactivity_timeout
 g_application_quit
+g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg
 g_application_command_line_get_arguments
 g_application_command_line_get_cwd
 g_application_command_line_get_environ
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ g_file_get_type
 g_file_new_for_path
 g_file_new_for_uri
 g_file_new_for_commandline_arg
+g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd
 g_file_new_tmp
 g_file_parse_name
 g_file_dup