feat(sidebar): support files outside of the current working directory. (#1065)

lua/avante/utils/file.lua

@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ function M.exists(filepath)
   return stat ~= nil
 end
 
+function M.is_in_cwd(filepath)
+  local cwd = vim.fn.getcwd()
+  -- Make both paths absolute for comparison
+  local abs_filepath = vim.fn.fnamemodify(filepath, ":p")
+  local abs_cwd = vim.fn.fnamemodify(cwd, ":p")
+  -- Check if filepath starts with cwd
+  return abs_filepath:sub(1, #abs_cwd) == abs_cwd
+end
+
 function M.get_file_icon(filepath)
   local filetype = Filetype.detect(filepath, {}) or "unknown"
   ---@type string

lua/avante/utils/init.lua

@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ function M.get_current_selection_diagnostics(bufnr, selection)
 end
 
 function M.uniform_path(path)
+  if not M.file.is_in_cwd(path) then return path end
   local project_root = M.get_project_root()
   local abs_path = Path:new(project_root):joinpath(path):absolute()
   local relative_path = Path:new(abs_path):make_relative(project_root)