Get root dir with os.path.normpath instead of dedicated function

Author: eliad hershkovitz

backslash/contrib/slash_plugin.py

@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 from ..exceptions import ParamsTooLarge
 from ..utils import ensure_dir
 from .keepalive_thread import KeepaliveThread
-from .utils import normalize_file_path, distill_slash_traceback, distill_object_attributes, \
-    add_environment_variable_metadata, _ROOT_DIR
+from .utils import normalize_file_path, distill_slash_traceback, distill_object_attributes, add_environment_variable_metadata
 from ..lazy_query import LazyQuery
 from ..session import APPEND_UPCOMING_TESTS_STR
 from ..__version__ import __version__ as BACKSLASH_CLIENT_VERSION
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ def _calculate_file_hash(self, filename):
     def _get_git_repo(self, dirname):
         if not os.path.isabs(dirname):
             dirname = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(_PWD, dirname))
-        while dirname != _ROOT_DIR:
+        while dirname != os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.sep)):
             if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dirname, '.git')):
                 return git.Repo(dirname)
             dirname = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirname, '..')))

backslash/contrib/utils.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import linecache
 import os
 import types
-import platform
 
 from .._compat import PY2
 
@@ -30,25 +29,14 @@
 _MAX_VARIABLE_VALUE_LENGTH = 100
 
 
-def _get_root_dir():
-    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-        root_dir, _ = os.path.splitdrive(os.getcwd())
-        return os.path.join(root_dir, '\\')
-
-    return '/'
-
-
-_ROOT_DIR = _get_root_dir()
-
-
 def normalize_file_path(path):
     path = str(path)
     if path.endswith('.pyc'):
         path = path[:-1]
     if not os.path.isabs(path):
         path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(_HERE, path))
     dirname = os.path.normpath(path)
-    while dirname != _ROOT_DIR:
+    while dirname != os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.sep)):
         for special_dir in _SPECIAL_DIRS:
             if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dirname, special_dir)):
                 return os.path.normpath(os.path.relpath(path, dirname))