Variables `relativeFile` and `relativeFileDirname` use backslashes in WSL when used in keyboard shortcuts

[jaminthorns]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Not really, I can't access WSL without the ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl extension.

• VS Code Version: 1.74.3
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Steps to Reproduce:

I have this keyboard shortcut, which comes in handy whenever I want to run a command in the terminal against the current file:

{
  "key": "ctrl+shift+p",
  "command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
  "args": { "text": "${relativeFile}" },
  "when": "terminalFocus"
}

When triggering this shortcut in a WSL workspace, it sends the file path with backslashes instead of forward slashes, which negates its usefulness. This happens for both relativeFile and relativeFileDirname, but not for file or fileDirname.

Here's output for each variable when used with the workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence in a keyboard shortcut:

• file: /home/jamin/projects/environment/config/code/settings/settings.json
• fileDirname: /home/jamin/projects/environment/config/code/settings
• relativeFile: config\code\settings\settings.json
• relativeFileDirname: config\code\settings

When using relativeFile or relativeFileDirname within a task like this:

{
  "label": "print relativeFile",
  "type": "shell",
  "command": "echo ${relativeFile}"
}

The path is printed with forward slashes as expected:

[krokosik]

Any updates on this? Even setting "explorer.copyRelativePathSeparator": "/" doesn't help.

[clayg]

I think I'm running into this over in microsoft/vscode-flake8#331 as well

[Tyriar]

Code pointers:

vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalActions.ts

Line 134 in 4b91caa

const resolvedText = await configurationResolverService.resolveAsync(lastActiveWorkspaceRoot, text);

vscode/src/vs/workbench/services/configurationResolver/common/variableResolver.ts

Lines 317 to 342 in 4b91caa

	case 'file':
	return getFilePath(VariableKind.File);
	case 'fileWorkspaceFolder':
	return getFolderPathForFile(VariableKind.FileWorkspaceFolder);
	case 'fileWorkspaceFolderBasename':
	return paths.basename(getFolderPathForFile(VariableKind.FileWorkspaceFolderBasename));
	case 'relativeFile':
	if (folderUri || argument) {
	return paths.relative(this.fsPath(getFolderUri(VariableKind.RelativeFile)), getFilePath(VariableKind.RelativeFile));
	}
	return getFilePath(VariableKind.RelativeFile);
	case 'relativeFileDirname': {
	const dirname = paths.dirname(getFilePath(VariableKind.RelativeFileDirname));
	if (folderUri || argument) {
	const relative = paths.relative(this.fsPath(getFolderUri(VariableKind.RelativeFileDirname)), dirname);
	return relative.length === 0 ? '.' : relative;
	}
	return dirname;
	}
	case 'fileDirname':
	return paths.dirname(getFilePath(VariableKind.FileDirname));