fix(render): improve file-change paths

src/takopi/render.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import textwrap
 from collections import deque
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Callable
 
 from .model import Action, ActionEvent, ResumeToken, StartedEvent, TakopiEvent
@@ -18,7 +19,33 @@ HARD_BREAK = "  \n"
 MAX_PROGRESS_CMD_LEN = 300
 MAX_FILE_CHANGES_INLINE = 3
 
-FILE_CHANGE_PREFIX = {"add": "+", "delete": "-", "update": "~"}
+FILE_CHANGE_VERB = {"add": "added", "delete": "deleted", "update": "updated"}
+_ABSOLUTE_PATH_PREFIXES = ("Users/", "home/", "private/", "var/", "etc/", "opt/", "usr/")
+
+
+def format_changed_file_path(path: str, *, base_dir: Path | None = None) -> str:
+    raw = path.strip()
+    if raw.startswith("./"):
+        raw = raw[2:]
+
+    # Some clients may accidentally prefix "~" onto an absolute path (e.g. "~" + "/Users/…").
+    if raw.startswith("~/") and raw[2:].startswith(_ABSOLUTE_PATH_PREFIXES):
+        raw = "/" + raw[2:]
+
+    base = Path.cwd() if base_dir is None else base_dir
+    try:
+        raw_path = Path(raw)
+    except Exception:
+        return f"`{raw}`"
+
+    if raw_path.is_absolute():
+        try:
+            raw_path = raw_path.relative_to(base)
+            raw = raw_path.as_posix()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    return f"`{raw}`"
 
 
 def format_elapsed(elapsed_s: float) -> str:
@@ -82,13 +109,13 @@ def format_file_change_title(action: Action, *, command_width: int | None) -> st
             if not isinstance(path, str) or not path:
                 continue
             kind = raw.get("kind")
-            prefix = FILE_CHANGE_PREFIX.get(kind, "~") if isinstance(kind, str) else "~"
+            verb = FILE_CHANGE_VERB.get(kind, "updated") if isinstance(kind, str) else "updated"
-            rendered.append(f"{prefix}{path}")
+            rendered.append(f"{verb} {format_changed_file_path(path)}")
 
         if rendered:
             if len(rendered) > MAX_FILE_CHANGES_INLINE:
                 remaining = len(rendered) - MAX_FILE_CHANGES_INLINE
-                rendered = rendered[:MAX_FILE_CHANGES_INLINE] + [f"…(+{remaining})"]
+                rendered = rendered[:MAX_FILE_CHANGES_INLINE] + [f"…({remaining} more)"]
             inline = shorten(", ".join(rendered), command_width)
             return f"files: {inline}"
 

tests/test_exec_render.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import cast
 from types import SimpleNamespace
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from takopi.markdown import render_markdown
 from takopi.model import TakopiEvent
@@ -79,10 +80,32 @@ def test_render_event_cli_handles_action_kinds() -> None:
         for line in out
     )
     assert any("tool: github.search_issues" in line for line in out)
-    assert any("files: +README.md, ~src/compute_answer.py" in line for line in out)
+    assert any(
+        "files: added `README.md`, updated `src/compute_answer.py`" in line for line in out
+    )
     assert any(line.startswith("✗ stream error") for line in out)
 
 
+def test_file_change_renders_relative_paths_inside_cwd() -> None:
+    readme_abs = str(Path.cwd() / "README.md")
+    weird_abs = "~" + readme_abs
+    out = render_event_cli(
+        action_completed(
+            "f-abs",
+            "file_change",
+            "README.md",
+            ok=True,
+            detail={
+                "changes": [
+                    {"path": readme_abs, "kind": "update"},
+                    {"path": weird_abs, "kind": "update"},
+                ]
+            },
+        )
+    )
+    assert any("files: updated `README.md`, updated `README.md`" in line for line in out)
+
+
 def test_progress_renderer_renders_progress_and_final() -> None:
     r = ExecProgressRenderer(max_actions=5, resume_formatter=_format_resume)
     for evt in SAMPLE_EVENTS: