--- orig/path_lite.go	2026-03-28 16:17:06
+++ path_lite.go	2026-03-28 16:17:03
@@ -2,25 +2,18 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Package filepathlite implements a subset of path/filepath,
-// only using packages which may be imported by "os".
-//
-// Tests for these functions are in path/filepath.
-package filepathlite
+// Package windows provides Windows-style path manipulation
+// that works on any platform.
+package winpath
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"internal/stringslite"
-	"io/fs"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 var errInvalidPath = errors.New("invalid path")
 
-// A lazybuf is a lazily constructed path buffer.
-// It supports append, reading previously appended bytes,
-// and retrieving the final string. It does not allocate a buffer
-// to hold the output until that output diverges from s.
 type lazybuf struct {
 	path       string
 	buf        []byte
@@ -61,25 +54,18 @@
 	return b.volAndPath[:b.volLen] + string(b.buf[:b.w])
 }
 
-// Clean is filepath.Clean.
 func Clean(path string) string {
 	originalPath := path
 	volLen := volumeNameLen(path)
 	path = path[volLen:]
 	if path == "" {
 		if volLen > 1 && IsPathSeparator(originalPath[0]) && IsPathSeparator(originalPath[1]) {
-			// should be UNC
 			return FromSlash(originalPath)
 		}
 		return originalPath + "."
 	}
 	rooted := IsPathSeparator(path[0])
 
-	// Invariants:
-	//	reading from path; r is index of next byte to process.
-	//	writing to buf; w is index of next byte to write.
-	//	dotdot is index in buf where .. must stop, either because
-	//		it is the leading slash or it is a leading ../../.. prefix.
 	n := len(path)
 	out := lazybuf{path: path, volAndPath: originalPath, volLen: volLen}
 	r, dotdot := 0, 0
@@ -91,23 +77,18 @@
 	for r < n {
 		switch {
 		case IsPathSeparator(path[r]):
-			// empty path element
 			r++
 		case path[r] == '.' && (r+1 == n || IsPathSeparator(path[r+1])):
-			// . element
 			r++
 		case path[r] == '.' && path[r+1] == '.' && (r+2 == n || IsPathSeparator(path[r+2])):
-			// .. element: remove to last separator
 			r += 2
 			switch {
 			case out.w > dotdot:
-				// can backtrack
 				out.w--
 				for out.w > dotdot && !IsPathSeparator(out.index(out.w)) {
 					out.w--
 				}
 			case !rooted:
-				// cannot backtrack, but not rooted, so append .. element.
 				if out.w > 0 {
 					out.append(Separator)
 				}
@@ -116,63 +97,23 @@
 				dotdot = out.w
 			}
 		default:
-			// real path element.
-			// add slash if needed
 			if rooted && out.w != 1 || !rooted && out.w != 0 {
 				out.append(Separator)
 			}
-			// copy element
 			for ; r < n && !IsPathSeparator(path[r]); r++ {
 				out.append(path[r])
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Turn empty string into "."
 	if out.w == 0 {
 		out.append('.')
 	}
 
-	postClean(&out) // avoid creating absolute paths on Windows
+	postClean(&out)
 	return FromSlash(out.string())
 }
 
-// IsLocal is filepath.IsLocal.
-func IsLocal(path string) bool {
-	return isLocal(path)
-}
-
-func unixIsLocal(path string) bool {
-	if IsAbs(path) || path == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	hasDots := false
-	for p := path; p != ""; {
-		var part string
-		part, p, _ = stringslite.Cut(p, "/")
-		if part == "." || part == ".." {
-			hasDots = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if hasDots {
-		path = Clean(path)
-	}
-	if path == ".." || stringslite.HasPrefix(path, "../") {
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-// Localize is filepath.Localize.
-func Localize(path string) (string, error) {
-	if !fs.ValidPath(path) {
-		return "", errInvalidPath
-	}
-	return localize(path)
-}
-
-// ToSlash is filepath.ToSlash.
 func ToSlash(path string) string {
 	if Separator == '/' {
 		return path
@@ -180,7 +121,6 @@
 	return replaceStringByte(path, Separator, '/')
 }
 
-// FromSlash is filepath.FromSlash.
 func FromSlash(path string) string {
 	if Separator == '/' {
 		return path
@@ -189,7 +129,7 @@
 }
 
 func replaceStringByte(s string, old, new byte) string {
-	if stringslite.IndexByte(s, old) == -1 {
+	if strings.IndexByte(s, old) == -1 {
 		return s
 	}
 	n := []byte(s)
@@ -201,7 +141,6 @@
 	return string(n)
 }
 
-// Split is filepath.Split.
 func Split(path string) (dir, file string) {
 	vol := VolumeName(path)
 	i := len(path) - 1
@@ -211,7 +150,6 @@
 	return path[:i+1], path[i+1:]
 }
 
-// Ext is filepath.Ext.
 func Ext(path string) string {
 	for i := len(path) - 1; i >= 0 && !IsPathSeparator(path[i]); i-- {
 		if path[i] == '.' {
@@ -221,18 +159,14 @@
 	return ""
 }
 
-// Base is filepath.Base.
 func Base(path string) string {
 	if path == "" {
 		return "."
 	}
-	// Strip trailing slashes.
 	for len(path) > 0 && IsPathSeparator(path[len(path)-1]) {
 		path = path[0 : len(path)-1]
 	}
-	// Throw away volume name
 	path = path[len(VolumeName(path)):]
-	// Find the last element
 	i := len(path) - 1
 	for i >= 0 && !IsPathSeparator(path[i]) {
 		i--
@@ -240,14 +174,12 @@
 	if i >= 0 {
 		path = path[i+1:]
 	}
-	// If empty now, it had only slashes.
 	if path == "" {
 		return string(Separator)
 	}
 	return path
 }
 
-// Dir is filepath.Dir.
 func Dir(path string) string {
 	vol := VolumeName(path)
 	i := len(path) - 1
@@ -256,19 +188,15 @@
 	}
 	dir := Clean(path[len(vol) : i+1])
 	if dir == "." && len(vol) > 2 {
-		// must be UNC
 		return vol
 	}
 	return vol + dir
 }
 
-// VolumeName is filepath.VolumeName.
 func VolumeName(path string) string {
 	return FromSlash(path[:volumeNameLen(path)])
 }
 
-// VolumeNameLen returns the length of the leading volume name on Windows.
-// It returns 0 elsewhere.
 func VolumeNameLen(path string) int {
 	return volumeNameLen(path)
 }