Style-ExpandPathArguments.md

Pattern: Misused File.expand_path/Pathname.new

Issue: -

Description

This rule checks for use of the File.expand_path arguments. Likewise, it also checks for the Pathname.new argument.

Contrastive bad case and good case are alternately shown in the following examples.

Examples

# bad
File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)

# good
File.expand_path(__dir__)

# bad
File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__)

# good
File.expand_path('..', __dir__)

# bad
File.expand_path('.', __FILE__)

# good
File.expand_path(__FILE__)

# bad
Pathname(__FILE__).parent.expand_path

# good
Pathname(__dir__).expand_path

# bad
Pathname.new(__FILE__).parent.expand_path

# good
Pathname.new(__dir__).expand_path

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Style/ExpandPathArguments