Karma: Handle absolute paths on Windows

[vojtajina]

Based on https://github.com/vojtajina/testacular/issues/249

Let's add another if (windows) and handle the absolute paths on windows to something like /absolute/c/path/to/file.js.

[dignifiedquire]

Do you mean we simply transform something like C:\Programs\Node to /absolute/C/Programs/Node?

[dignifiedquire]

I think I've found two modules that might be a good solution for resolving all the path issues cross platform.

• Node-FlavoredPath
• Node-MetaPath

They are very new but I think they exactly adress the problems we are facing.

[vojtajina]

In order to not expose full paths (when possible), Testacular serves all files from basePath as /base/....

All other files are served as /absolute/usr/local/..., which on windows results in /absoluteC:\whatever so we just need to deal with it.

[willprice]

Is there any workaround for this at the moment as it is preventing me from using Karma as my test runner.

[dignifiedquire]

Not that I know about sorry, but I hope to get this fixed soon

[willprice]

That's good to know, thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

[n370]

Hey @dignifiedquire is there something I can do to help getting this corrected for the next release?

[igomezal]

With karma v4.0.0 gives me the following error: [web-server]: 404: /absoluteC:/Users/..., I am not sure but is it possible that it is not creating the correct route?

Is there any workaround to make it work on windows?

[johnjbarton]

Every commit is tested on Windows, eg https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dignifiedquire/karma/builds/22080177/job/oq6xvy45jl3fg0dx

So whatever problem you are having, it is not fundamental to karma.

[igomezal]

Yeah, you are right, it could be a problem with the latest version of karma-webpack (alpha) because the previous one seems to work fine. (https://github.com/webpack-contrib/karma-webpack/issues/396)

I would keep looking for the problem.