From 95a36df0e11ac4930a58e6fbb7acd2f8d18f3e35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BenjaminBrienen <Benjamin.Brienen@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:13:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add more methods to AbsPath

---
 crates/paths/src/lib.rs | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/paths/src/lib.rs b/crates/paths/src/lib.rs
index 2c6a82bf0c3f..f77e8b1b416d 100644
--- a/crates/paths/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/paths/src/lib.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a Utf8Path> for &'a AbsPath {
 }
 
 impl AbsPath {
+    /// Creates a new [`AbsPath`] from `path`, assuming that it is absolute.
+    pub fn new_unchecked(path: &Utf8Path) -> &AbsPath {
+        // SAFETY: This is safe because `path` is a valid reference.
+        unsafe { &*(path as *const Utf8Path as *const AbsPath) }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_utf8_path(&self) -> &Utf8Path {
+        self.as_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Wrap the given absolute path in `AbsPath`
     ///
     /// # Panics
@@ -242,7 +252,7 @@ impl AbsPath {
         AbsPathBuf(normalize_path(&self.0))
     }
 
-    /// Equivalent of [`Utf8Path::to_path_buf`] for `AbsPath`.
+    /// Converts an [`AbsPath`] to an owned [`AbsPathBuf`].
     pub fn to_path_buf(&self) -> AbsPathBuf {
         AbsPathBuf::try_from(self.0.to_path_buf()).unwrap()
     }