import static org.gradle.internal.snapshot.PathUtil.isFileSeparator;

/**
 * A relative path represented by a path suffix of an absolute path.
 *
 * The use of this class is to improve performance by avoiding to call {@link String#substring(int)}.
 * The class represents the relative path of absolutePath.substring(offset).
 *
 * A relative path does not start or end with a slash.
 */
public class VfsRelativePath {

                            relativeExpected = project.file('/path/to/Thing.groovy').absolutePath - projectDirPath
                            println "3: ${relative == relativeExpected}"
                            assert relative == relativeExpected

                            assert p.theFile4
                            relative = p.theFile4.absolutePath - projectDirPath

    Manifest manifest = manifestClasspath("file:/with/absolute.jar relative.jar  relative/dir");
    assertThat(ClassPath.getClassPathFromManifest(jarFile, manifest))
        .containsExactly(
            fullpath("/with/absolute.jar"),
            fullpath("base/relative.jar"),
            fullpath("base/relative/dir"))
        .inOrder();
  }

        file('foo/c/2').mkdir()
        execute("taskWithInputs")

        then:
        executedAndNotSkipped(":taskWithInputs")

        where:
        [api, pathSensitivity] << [Api.values(), [PathSensitivity.RELATIVE, PathSensitivity.ABSOLUTE, PathSensitivity.NAME_ONLY]].combinations()
    }

    def "input directories ignore empty directories by default (#api)"() {
        buildFile """
            @CacheableTask

// position base ("absolute" file position).
//
// The position base is used to determine the "relative" position, that is the
// filename and line number relative to the position base. If the base refers
// to the current file, there is no difference between absolute and relative
// positions. If it refers to a //line directive, a relative position is relative
// to that directive. A position base in turn contains the position at which it

     */
    val resources: ResourceHandler

    /**
     * Returns the relative path from this script's target base directory to the given path.
     *
     * The given path object is (logically) resolved as described for [file],
     * from which a relative path is calculated.
     *
     * @param path The path to convert to a relative path.
     * @return The relative path.
     */
    fun relativePath(path: Any): String

    /**

    /**
     * <p>Returns the relative path from the directory containing this script to the given path. The given path object
     * is (logically) resolved as described for {@link #file(Object)}, from which a relative path is calculated.</p>
     *
     * @param path The path to convert to a relative path.
     * @return The relative path. Never returns null.
     */
    String relativePath(Object path);

    /**
     * Returns the relative path from this script's target base directory to the given path.
     *
     * The given path object is (logically) resolved as described for [KotlinInitScript.file],
     * from which a relative path is calculated.
     *
     * @param path The path to convert to a relative path.
     * @return The relative path.
     */
    @Suppress("unused")

 *
 * The result of running a transform is a list of outputs.
 * There are two kinds of outputs for a transform:
 * - Produced outputs in the workspace. Those are relative paths depending on the workspace root, independent of the input artifact.
 * - Selected parts of the input artifact. These are relative paths of locations selected in the input artifact, independent of the workspace directory.
 *

    // Compile All has to succeed before anything else is started
    dependsOn(RelativeId(compileAllId))
    // Get the build receipt from sanity check to reuse the timestamp
    artifacts(RelativeId(compileAllId)) {
        id = "ARTIFACT_DEPENDENCY_$compileAllId"
        cleanDestination = true
        artifactRules = "build-receipt.properties => incoming-distributions"
    }
}