removed duplicated function from export.py, added test for normalize file path util function

Author: bradjin8

scripts/export.py

@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@
     build_searchable_text,
     is_excluded_by_rules,
 )
-from utils.path_helpers import get_workspace_folder_paths as _shared_get_workspace_folder_paths  # noqa: E402
+from utils.path_helpers import (  # noqa: E402
+    get_workspace_folder_paths as _shared_get_workspace_folder_paths,
+    normalize_file_path,
+    to_epoch_ms,
+)
 from utils.tool_parser import parse_tool_call  # noqa: E402
 from utils.workspace_path import get_cli_chats_path  # noqa: E402
 from utils.cli_chat_reader import (  # noqa: E402
@@ -141,45 +145,6 @@ def get_global_state_dir() -> str:
     return os.path.join(str(Path.home()), ".cursor-chat-browser")
 
 
-def normalize_file_path(p: str) -> str:
-    n = re.sub(r"^file:///", "", p or "")
-    n = re.sub(r"^file://", "", n)
-    try:
-        from urllib.parse import unquote
-        n = unquote(n)
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        n = n.replace("/", "\\")
-        n = re.sub(r"^\\([a-zA-Z]:)", r"\1", n)
-        n = n.lower()
-    return n
-
-
-def to_epoch_ms(value) -> int:
-    """Convert a timestamp (int, float, or ISO-8601 string) to epoch ms."""
-    if value is None:
-        return 0
-    if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
-        if value > 1e12:
-            return int(value)
-        if value > 0:
-            return int(value * 1000)
-        return 0
-    if isinstance(value, str):
-        try:
-            cleaned = value.rstrip("Z") + "+00:00" if value.endswith("Z") else value
-            dt = datetime.fromisoformat(cleaned)
-            return int(dt.timestamp() * 1000)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-        try:
-            return to_epoch_ms(float(value))
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-    return 0
-
-
 def slug(s: str) -> str:
     s = re.sub(r'[<>:"/\\|?*]', "_", s or "")
     s = re.sub(r"\s+", "-", s)

tests/test_normalize_file_path.py

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+"""Tests for utils.path_helpers.normalize_file_path.
+
+Covers the shared implementation that was previously duplicated in
+scripts/export.py (closes #46). All call-sites in both the web app and the
+CLI export script now use this single copy.
+
+Edge-case matrix:
+  - file:/// and file:// URI schemes
+  - Percent-encoded characters: spaces (%20), colons (%3A), hashes (%23)
+  - Windows-style drive paths (backslash and forward-slash) on all platforms
+  - Drive-letter lowercasing on win32
+  - Plain POSIX paths pass through unchanged
+  - Empty / None-like input
+"""
+
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+from utils.path_helpers import normalize_file_path
+
+
+class TestNormalizeFilePathUriStripping(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_file_triple_slash_stripped(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path("file:///home/user/project")
+        self.assertFalse(out.startswith("file:"))
+        self.assertIn("home", out)
+
+    def test_file_double_slash_stripped(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path("file://server/share/file.txt")
+        self.assertFalse(out.startswith("file:"))
+        self.assertIn("share", out)
+
+    def test_empty_string(self) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(normalize_file_path(""), "")
+
+
+class TestNormalizeFilePathPercentEncoding(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_space_decoded(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path("file:///C:/My%20Documents/file.txt")
+        self.assertNotIn("%20", out)
+        self.assertIn("My Documents" if sys.platform != "win32" else "my documents", out)
+
+    def test_hash_decoded(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path("file:///C:/repo/src%23internal/mod.py")
+        self.assertNotIn("%23", out)
+        self.assertIn("#", out)
+
+    def test_percent_encoded_colon_in_uri_prefix(self) -> None:
+        """URI-style /d%3A/... path: %3A is decoded to ':'.
+
+        On win32 the backslash branch is entered (leading slash removed
+        and path lowercased). On other platforms the leading slash prevents
+        the Windows-drive branch, so the path is returned as decoded only.
+        """
+        out = normalize_file_path("/d%3A/_Work/project")
+        self.assertNotIn("%3A", out)
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            self.assertEqual(out, r"d:\_work\project")
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(out, "/d:/_Work/project")
+
+
+class TestNormalizeFilePathWindowsDrives(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Paths with Windows-style drive letters are normalised on all platforms.
+
+    On win32 the win32 branch handles them natively.  On Linux/macOS the
+    ``^[a-zA-Z]:[/\\]`` regex branch converts forward-slashes to backslashes
+    and lowercases the path so cross-platform reads of Cursor's Windows
+    workspaceStorage produce consistent keys.
+    """
+
+    def test_backslash_drive_path_lowercased(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path(r"D:\Work\Boost")
+        self.assertEqual(out, r"d:\work\boost")
+
+    def test_forward_slash_drive_path_converted(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path("D:/Work/Boost")
+        self.assertEqual(out, r"d:\work\boost")
+
+    def test_file_uri_with_windows_drive(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path("file:///C:/Users/Dev/project")
+        self.assertIn("users", out)
+        self.assertIn("dev", out)
+        self.assertTrue(out.startswith("c:") or out.startswith("C:"))
+
+    def test_mixed_case_drive_lowercased(self) -> None:
+        out = normalize_file_path(r"E:\Mixed\Case\Path")
+        self.assertTrue(out.startswith("e:"))
+        self.assertEqual(out, r"e:\mixed\case\path")
+
+
+class TestNormalizeFilePathPosixPassthrough(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_plain_posix_path_unchanged_on_non_windows(self) -> None:
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            self.skipTest("POSIX path semantics differ on win32")
+        out = normalize_file_path("/home/user/project")
+        self.assertEqual(out, "/home/user/project")
+
+    def test_path_without_scheme_unchanged(self) -> None:
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            self.skipTest("plain relative path behaviour differs on win32")
+        out = normalize_file_path("relative/path/file.py")
+        self.assertEqual(out, "relative/path/file.py")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()