Add root to Path & root constructor

Readme.adoc

@@ -2025,6 +2025,38 @@ Python, ...) do. Even in cases where it's uncertain, e.g. you're taking user
 input as a String, you have to either handle both possibilities with BasePath or
 explicitly choose to convert relative paths to absolute using some base.
 
+==== Roots and filesystems
+
+If you are using a system that supports different roots of paths, e.g. Windows, 
+you can use the argument of `os.root` to specify which root you want to use. 
+If not specified, the default root will be used (usually, C on Windows, / on Unix).
+
+[source,scala]
+----
+val root = os.root('C:\') / "Users" / "me"
+assert(root == os.Path("C:\Users\me"))
+----
+
+Additionally, custom filesystems can be specified by passing a `FileSystem` to
+`os.root`. This allows you to use OS-Lib with non-standard filesystems, such as
+jar filesystems or in-memory filesystems.
+
+[source,scala]
+----
+val uri = new URI("jar", Paths.get("foo.jar").toURI().toString, null);
+val env = new HashMap[String, String]();
+env.put("create", "true");
+val fs = FileSystems.newFileSystem(uri, env);
+val path = os.root("/", fs) / "dir"
+----
+
+Note that the jar file system operations suchs as writing to a file are supported 
+only on JVM 11+. Depending on the filesystem, some operations may not be supported - 
+for example, running an `os.proc` with pwd in a jar file won't work. You may also 
+meet limitations imposed by the implementations - in jar file system, the files are 
+created only after the file system is closed. Until that, the ones created in your 
+program are kept in memory.
+
 ==== `os.ResourcePath`
 
 In addition to manipulating paths on the filesystem, you can also manipulate

build.sc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import $ivy.`com.github.lolgab::mill-mima::0.0.24`
 // imports
 import mill._, scalalib._, scalanativelib._, publish._
 import mill.scalalib.api.ZincWorkerUtil
-import com.github.lolgab.mill.mima.Mima
+import com.github.lolgab.mill.mima._
 import de.tobiasroeser.mill.vcs.version.VcsVersion
 
 val communityBuildDottyVersion = sys.props.get("dottyVersion").toList
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ trait SafeDeps extends ScalaModule {
 
 trait MiMaChecks extends Mima {
   def mimaPreviousVersions = Seq("0.9.0", "0.9.1")
+  override def mimaBinaryIssueFilters: T[Seq[ProblemFilter]] = Seq(
+    ProblemFilter.exclude[ReversedMissingMethodProblem]("os.PathConvertible.isCustomFs")
+  )
 }
 
 trait OsLibModule

os/src-jvm/package.scala

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import scala.language.implicitConversions
+import java.nio.file.FileSystem
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems
+import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 package object os {
   type Generator[+T] = geny.Generator[T]
@@ -10,6 +13,12 @@ package object os {
    */
   val root: Path = Path(java.nio.file.Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath.getRoot)
 
+  def root(root: String, fileSystem: FileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault()): Path = {
+    val path = Path(fileSystem.getPath(root))
+    assert(path.root == root, s"$root is not a root path")
+    path
+  }
+
   def resource(implicit resRoot: ResourceRoot = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader) = {
     os.ResourcePath.resource(resRoot)
   }

os/src-native/package.scala

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import java.nio.file.FileSystem
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems
 package object os {
   type Generator[+T] = geny.Generator[T]
   val Generator = geny.Generator
@@ -8,6 +10,12 @@ package object os {
    */
   val root: Path = Path(java.nio.file.Paths.get(".").toAbsolutePath.getRoot)
 
+  def root(root: String, fileSystem: FileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault()): Path = {
+    val path = Path(fileSystem.getPath(root))
+    assert(path.root == root, s"$root is not a root path")
+    path
+  }
+
   /**
    * The user's home directory
    */

os/src/Path.scala

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 import collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.language.implicitConversions
+import java.nio.file
 
 trait PathChunk {
   def segments: Seq[String]
@@ -400,11 +401,12 @@ object Path {
 
   def apply[T: PathConvertible](f: T, base: Path): Path = apply(FilePath(f), base)
   def apply[T: PathConvertible](f0: T): Path = {
+    val pathConvertible = implicitly[PathConvertible[T]]
     // drive letter prefix is empty unless running in Windows.
-    val f = if (driveRelative(f0)) {
+    val f = if (!pathConvertible.isCustomFs(f0) && driveRelative(f0)) {
       Paths.get(s"$driveRoot$f0")
     } else {
-      implicitly[PathConvertible[T]].apply(f0)
+      pathConvertible.apply(f0)
     }
     if (f.iterator.asScala.count(_.startsWith("..")) > f.getNameCount / 2) {
       throw PathError.AbsolutePathOutsideRoot
@@ -484,6 +486,9 @@ class Path private[os] (val wrapped: java.nio.file.Path)
     new SeekableSource.ChannelSource(java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(wrapped))
 
   require(wrapped.isAbsolute || Path.driveRelative(wrapped), s"$wrapped is not an absolute path")
+  def root = Option(wrapped.getRoot).map(_.toString).getOrElse("")
+  def fileSystem = wrapped.getFileSystem()
+
   def segments: Iterator[String] = wrapped.iterator().asScala.map(_.toString)
   def getSegment(i: Int): String = wrapped.getName(i).toString
   def segmentCount = wrapped.getNameCount
@@ -509,7 +514,11 @@ class Path private[os] (val wrapped: java.nio.file.Path)
   def endsWith(target: RelPath) = wrapped.endsWith(target.toString)
 
   def relativeTo(base: Path): RelPath = {
-
+    if (fileSystem != base.fileSystem) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+        s"Paths $wrapped and $base are on different filesystems"
+      )
+    }
     val nioRel = base.wrapped.relativize(wrapped)
     val segments = nioRel.iterator().asScala.map(_.toString).toArray match {
       case Array("") => Internals.emptyStringArray
@@ -533,6 +542,7 @@ class Path private[os] (val wrapped: java.nio.file.Path)
 
 sealed trait PathConvertible[T] {
   def apply(t: T): java.nio.file.Path
+  def isCustomFs(t: T): Boolean = false
 }
 
 object PathConvertible {
@@ -544,6 +554,8 @@ object PathConvertible {
   }
   implicit object NioPathConvertible extends PathConvertible[java.nio.file.Path] {
     def apply(t: java.nio.file.Path) = t
+    override def isCustomFs(t: java.nio.file.Path): Boolean =
+      t.getFileSystem() != java.nio.file.FileSystems.getDefault()
   }
   implicit object UriPathConvertible extends PathConvertible[URI] {
     def apply(uri: URI) = uri.getScheme() match {