4 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
index 9bd37cef8578..e4c2c159da40 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ mod bindings;
 mod scope;
 
 use codemap::Span;
-use path_clean::PathClean;
 use rnix::ast::{self, AstToken};
 use smol_str::SmolStr;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ impl Compiler<'_> {
 
         // TODO: Use https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/2208
         // once it is available
-        let value = Value::Path(path.clean());
+        let value = Value::Path(crate::value::canon_path(path));
         self.emit_constant(value, node);
     }
 
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
index b8b46b444fe7..c8c8a54a40c3 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ mod attrs;
 mod builtin;
 mod function;
 mod list;
+mod path;
 mod string;
 mod thunk;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pub use attrs::NixAttrs;
 pub use builtin::Builtin;
 pub use function::{Closure, Lambda};
 pub use list::NixList;
+pub use path::canon_path;
 pub use string::NixString;
 pub use thunk::Thunk;
 
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/path.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/path.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad526a8746f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/path.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use path_clean::PathClean;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+/// This function should match the behavior of canonPath() in
+/// src/libutil/util.cc of cppnix.  Currently it does not match that
+/// behavior; it uses the `path_clean` library which is based on the
+/// Go standard library
+///
+/// TODO: make this match the behavior of cppnix
+/// TODO: write tests for this
+
+pub fn canon_path(path: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
+    path.clean()
+}
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/vm.rs b/tvix/eval/src/vm.rs
index c54c005b0041..4e92c152a8d5 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/vm.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/vm.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 use std::{cell::RefMut, path::PathBuf, rc::Rc};
 
-use path_clean::PathClean;
-
 use crate::{
     chunk::Chunk,
     errors::{Error, ErrorKind, EvalResult},
@@ -396,7 +394,7 @@ impl<'o> VM<'o> {
                             &v.coerce_to_string(CoercionKind::Weak, self)
                                 .map_err(|ek| self.error(ek))?,
                         );
-                        PathBuf::from(path).clean().into()
+                        crate::value::canon_path(PathBuf::from(path)).into()
                     }
                     _ => fallible!(self, arithmetic_op!(&a, &b, +)),
                 };