fix: normalize Unicode paths to NFC for macOS compatibility#82
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Replace Bun.file() async calls with Node.js fs sync methods to work around a Bun bug that corrupts UTF-8 file paths containing non-ASCII characters. Bug: Bun.file(filepath).stat() and Bun.file(filepath).text() internally mangle UTF-8 encoding, causing ENOENT errors with mojibake paths when accessing files in iCloud Drive and other locations. Changes: - src/qmd.ts: Use readFileSync instead of Bun.file().text() - src/qmd.ts: Use statSync instead of Bun.file().stat() for file metadata - src/store.ts: Use statSync for SQLite custom path detection
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Replace Bun.file() async calls with Node.js fs sync methods to work around a Bun bug that corrupts UTF-8 file paths containing non-ASCII characters. Bug: Bun.file(filepath).stat() and Bun.file(filepath).text() internally mangle UTF-8 encoding, causing ENOENT errors with mojibake paths when accessing files in iCloud Drive and other locations. Changes: - src/qmd.ts: Use readFileSync instead of Bun.file().text() - src/qmd.ts: Use statSync instead of Bun.file().stat() for file metadata - src/store.ts: Use statSync for SQLite custom path detection
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Replace Bun.file() async calls with Node.js fs sync methods to work around a Bun bug that corrupts UTF-8 file paths containing non-ASCII characters. Bug: Bun.file(filepath).stat() and Bun.file(filepath).text() internally mangle UTF-8 encoding, causing ENOENT errors with mojibake paths when accessing files in iCloud Drive and other locations. Changes: - src/qmd.ts: Use readFileSync instead of Bun.file().text() - src/qmd.ts: Use statSync instead of Bun.file().stat() for file metadata - src/store.ts: Use statSync for SQLite custom path detection
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Replace Bun.file() async calls with Node.js fs sync methods to work around a Bun bug that corrupts UTF-8 file paths containing non-ASCII characters. Bug: Bun.file(filepath).stat() and Bun.file(filepath).text() internally mangle UTF-8 encoding, causing ENOENT errors with mojibake paths when accessing files in iCloud Drive and other locations. Changes: - src/qmd.ts: Use readFileSync instead of Bun.file().text() - src/qmd.ts: Use statSync instead of Bun.file().stat() for file metadata - src/store.ts: Use statSync for SQLite custom path detection
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Summary
Workaround for Bun UTF-8 path corruption bug in
Bun.file().stat()that causes ENOENT errors when indexing files with non-ASCII characters.Bug Discovery
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Bun.file().stat()is affected. Investigation revealed:Bun.file(path).stat()- BROKEN - corrupts UTF-8 paths internallyBun.file(path).text()- WORKS - uses different code path, not affectedThe bug causes mojibake when Bun converts the JavaScript string to a system call path, resulting in ENOENT errors for files with non-ASCII characters (e.g., German umlauts like ö, ü, ä).
Changes
While only
.stat()was buggy, we standardized on Node.jsfsmodule for consistency:statSync()instead ofBun.file().stat()(fixes the bug)readFileSync()instead ofBun.file().text()(for API consistency)statSync()for SQLite custom path detectionImpact
Future Work
These workarounds can be reverted once Bun fixes the UTF-8 path handling in
Bun.file().stat().Test Plan
Fixes #81