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From: Jason Garber <jgarber@appcove.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:20:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] terminal: Fix file paths links with URL escapes not being
 clickable (#31830)
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For #31827

# URL Decoding Fix for Terminal File Path Clicking


## Discussion

This change does not allow for paths that literally have `%XX` inside of
them. If any such paths exist, they will fail to ctrl+click. A larger
change would be needed to handle that.

## Problem

In the terminal, you could ctrl+click file paths to open them in the
editor, but this didn't work when the paths contained URL-encoded
characters (percent-encoded sequences like `%CE%BB` for Greek letter λ).

### Example Issue
- This worked: `dashboardλ.mts:3:8`
- This didn't work: `dashboard%CE%BB.mts:3:8`

The URL-encoded form `%CE%BB` represents the Greek letter λ (lambda),
but the terminal wasn't decoding these sequences before trying to open
the files.

## Solution

Added URL decoding functionality to the terminal path detection system:

1. **Added urlencoding dependency** to `crates/terminal/Cargo.toml`
2. **Created decode_file_path function** in
`crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs` that:
   - Attempts to decode URL-encoded paths using `urlencoding::decode()`
   - Falls back to the original string if decoding fails
   - Handles malformed encodings gracefully
3. **Applied decoding to PathLikeTarget creation** for both:
   - Regular file paths detected by word regex
   - File:// URLs that are treated as paths


## Code Changes

### New Function
```rust
/// Decodes URL-encoded file paths to handle cases where terminal output contains
/// percent-encoded characters (e.g., %CE%BB for λ).
/// Falls back to the original string if decoding fails.
fn decode_file_path(path: &str) -> String {
    urlencoding::decode(path)
        .map(|decoded| decoded.into_owned())
        .unwrap_or_else(|_| path.to_string())
}
```

### Modified PathLikeTarget Creation
The function is now called when creating `PathLikeTarget` instances:
- For file:// URLs: `decode_file_path(path)`
- For regular paths: `decode_file_path(&maybe_url_or_path)`

## Testing

Added comprehensive test coverage in `test_decode_file_path()` that
verifies:
- Normal paths remain unchanged
- URL-encoded characters are properly decoded (λ, spaces, slashes)
- Paths with line numbers work correctly
- Invalid encodings fall back gracefully
- Mixed encoding scenarios work

## Impact

This fix enables ctrl+click functionality for file paths containing
non-ASCII characters that appear URL-encoded in terminal output, making
the feature work consistently with tools that output percent-encoded
file paths.

The change is backward compatible - all existing functionality continues
to work unchanged, and the fix only activates when URL-encoded sequences
are detected.


Release Notes:

* File paths printed in the terminal that have `%XX` escape sequences
will now be properly decoded so that ctrl+click will open them
---
 Cargo.lock                      |  1 +
 crates/terminal/Cargo.toml      |  1 +
 crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c287c0f9f..25b86632c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15941,6 +15941,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "theme",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "url",
+ "urlencoding",
  "util",
  "windows 0.61.1",
  "workspace-hack",
diff --git a/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml b/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml
index 7ebd8ab86a..93f61622c8 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/terminal/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ theme.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 util.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
+urlencoding.workspace = true
 workspace-hack.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
index 9205de8276..e187d2811f 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ use task::{HideStrategy, Shell, TaskId};
 use terminal_hyperlinks::RegexSearches;
 use terminal_settings::{AlternateScroll, CursorShape, TerminalSettings};
 use theme::{ActiveTheme, Theme};
+use urlencoding;
 use util::{paths::home_dir, truncate_and_trailoff};
 
 use std::{
@@ -910,7 +911,22 @@ impl Terminal {
                 ) {
                     Some((maybe_url_or_path, is_url, url_match)) => {
                         let target = if is_url {
-                            MaybeNavigationTarget::Url(maybe_url_or_path.clone())
+                            // Treat "file://" URLs like file paths to ensure
+                            // that line numbers at the end of the path are
+                            // handled correctly.
+                            // file://{path} should be urldecoded, returning a urldecoded {path}
+                            if let Some(path) = maybe_url_or_path.strip_prefix("file://") {
+                                let decoded_path = urlencoding::decode(path)
+                                    .map(|decoded| decoded.into_owned())
+                                    .unwrap_or(path.to_owned());
+
+                                MaybeNavigationTarget::PathLike(PathLikeTarget {
+                                    maybe_path: decoded_path,
+                                    terminal_dir: self.working_directory(),
+                                })
+                            } else {
+                                MaybeNavigationTarget::Url(maybe_url_or_path.clone())
+                            }
                         } else {
                             MaybeNavigationTarget::PathLike(PathLikeTarget {
                                 maybe_path: maybe_url_or_path.clone(),