From 4cc5b785a32238a6db2712cc7b1ae273cfa3c908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jip J. Dekker" <jip@dekker.li>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 20:44:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adds helper to generate absolute paths

---
 helpers/file_utils.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/helpers/file_utils.go b/helpers/file_utils.go
index fe67ba6..1286350 100644
--- a/helpers/file_utils.go
+++ b/helpers/file_utils.go
@@ -70,3 +70,12 @@ func FindFileDir(file string) (string, error) {
 		Err:  errors.New("directory containing " + file + " not found"),
 	}
 }
+
+// AbsolutePath returns an the path if it is absolute or
+// otherwise filepath.Join(lib, path)
+func AbsolutePath(path, lib string) string {
+	if filepath.IsAbs(path) {
+		return path
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(lib, path)
+}