Use absolute file paths instead of canonical paths. Fixes unpredictable paths in relative path saved playlists.

src/core/commandlineoptions.cpp

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ bool CommandlineOptions::Parse() {
     QString value = QFile::decodeName(argv_[i]);
     QFileInfo file_info(value);
     if (file_info.exists())
-      urls_ << QUrl::fromLocalFile(file_info.canonicalFilePath());
+      urls_ << QUrl::fromLocalFile(file_info.absoluteFilePath());
     else
       urls_ << QUrl::fromUserInput(value);
   }

src/library/librarybackend.cpp

@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ void LibraryBackend::UpdateTotalSongCount() {
 }
 
 void LibraryBackend::AddDirectory(const QString& path) {
-  QString canonical_path = QFileInfo(path).canonicalFilePath();
-  QString db_path = canonical_path;
+  QString absolute_path = QFileInfo(path).absoluteFilePath();
+  QString db_path = absolute_path;
 
   if (Application::kIsPortable && Utilities::UrlOnSameDriveAsClementine(
-                                      QUrl::fromLocalFile(canonical_path))) {
+                                      QUrl::fromLocalFile(absolute_path))) {
     db_path = Utilities::GetRelativePathToClementineBin(db_path);
     qLog(Debug) << "db_path" << db_path;
   }
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void LibraryBackend::AddDirectory(const QString& path) {
   if (db_->CheckErrors(q)) return;
 
   Directory dir;
-  dir.path = canonical_path;
+  dir.path = absolute_path;
   dir.id = q.lastInsertId().toInt();
 
   emit DirectoryDiscovered(dir, SubdirectoryList());

src/networkremote/incomingdataparser.cpp

@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ void IncomingDataParser::AppendFilesToPlaylist(
   QDir dir(fi_folder.absoluteFilePath());
   for (const auto& file : req_append.files()) {
     QFileInfo fi(dir, file.c_str());
-    if (fi.exists()) urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(fi.canonicalFilePath());
+    if (fi.exists()) urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(fi.absoluteFilePath());
   }
   if (!urls.isEmpty()) {
     MimeData* data = new MimeData;

src/playlistparsers/parserbase.cpp

@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ void ParserBase::LoadSong(const QString& filename_or_url, qint64 beginning,
     filename = dir.absoluteFilePath(filename);
   }
 
-  // Use the canonical path
-  if (QFile::exists(filename)) {
-    filename = QFileInfo(filename).canonicalFilePath();
-  }
-
   const QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(filename);
 
   // Search in the library

src/ui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ void MainWindow::AddFile() {
   // Convert to URLs
   QList<QUrl> urls;
   for (const QString& path : file_names) {
-    urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QFileInfo(path).canonicalFilePath());
+    urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QFileInfo(path).absoluteFilePath());
   }
 
   MimeData* data = new MimeData;
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ void MainWindow::AddFolder() {
   // Add media
   MimeData* data = new MimeData;
   data->setUrls(QList<QUrl>() << QUrl::fromLocalFile(
-                    QFileInfo(directory).canonicalFilePath()));
+                    QFileInfo(directory).absoluteFilePath()));
   AddToPlaylist(data);
 }
 

src/widgets/fileviewlist.cpp

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ QList<QUrl> FileViewList::UrlListFromSelection() const {
     if (index.column() == 0)
       urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(static_cast<QFileSystemModel*>(model())
                                       ->fileInfo(index)
-                                      .canonicalFilePath());
+                                      .absoluteFilePath());
   }
   return urls;
 }

tests/librarybackend_test.cpp

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ TEST_F(LibraryBackendTest, AddDirectory) {
   // Check the signal was emitted correctly
   ASSERT_EQ(1, spy.count());
   Directory dir = spy[0][0].value<Directory>();
-  EXPECT_EQ(QFileInfo("/tmp").canonicalFilePath(), dir.path);
+  EXPECT_EQ(QFileInfo("/tmp").absoluteFilePath(), dir.path);
   EXPECT_EQ(1, dir.id);
   EXPECT_EQ(0, spy[0][1].value<SubdirectoryList>().size());
 }