goto_file
: Try multiple relative paths (including cwd) to find existing files
#11859
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I am editing files that contain paths of other files. Those paths are relative to the repository root, not the path in which the document resides. Therefore, the current implementation of
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/goto_file
does the wrong thing for me, namely interpret those paths as relative to the latter. This change makes helix look for files with the given name relative to multiple locations: the directory containing the document, and the editor's current working directory. I approached this change in this way to avoid changing the behavior for folks for whom the current semantics work fine.My rust skill is basically non-existent, so I am glad that I was able to cobble something together that seems to work for me. Feedback is very welcome though.