From 0b8bdfd2ab30166967313e34bb3ebc5ea1eebe13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Edrisian <dedrisian@openai.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:40:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] aaa

---
 codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs
index 63fb1541a4..14d5917ca1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 pub fn normalize_pasted_path(pasted: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let pasted = pasted.trim();
     // file:// URL → filesystem path
     if let Ok(url) = url::Url::parse(pasted) {
         if url.scheme() == "file" {
@@ -8,6 +9,20 @@ pub fn normalize_pasted_path(pasted: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
         }
     }
 
+    // Windows paths (unquoted) → bypass POSIX shlex to preserve backslashes
+    // - Drive letter paths like C:\Users\Alice\img.png
+    // - UNC paths like \\server\share\img.png
+    let looks_like_windows_drive_path = pasted.len() >= 3
+        && pasted.as_bytes()[1] == b':'
+        && (pasted.as_bytes()[2] == b'/' || pasted.as_bytes()[2] == b'\\')
+        && pasted.as_bytes()[0].is_ascii_alphabetic();
+    let looks_like_unc = pasted.starts_with("\\\\");
+    let is_quoted = (pasted.starts_with('"') && pasted.ends_with('"'))
+        || (pasted.starts_with('\'') && pasted.ends_with('\''));
+    if (looks_like_windows_drive_path || looks_like_unc) && !is_quoted {
+        return Some(PathBuf::from(pasted));
+    }
+
     // shell-escaped single path → unescaped
     let parts: Vec<String> = shlex::Shlex::new(pasted).collect();
     if parts.len() == 1 {
@@ -96,4 +111,11 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(get_img_format_label(PathBuf::from(r"C:\a\b\noext")), "IMG");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn normalize_unquoted_windows_path() {
+        let input = r"C:\Users\Alice\img.png";
+        let result = normalize_pasted_path(input).expect("should accept unquoted windows path");
+        assert_eq!(result, PathBuf::from(r"C:\Users\Alice\img.png"));
+    }
 }