1 files changed, 59 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 0aa53fe..09b8897 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "ismount", "expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "samefile","sameopenfile","samestat",
            "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
-           "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath"]
+           "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames","relpath",
+           "commonpath"]
 
 # Strings representing various path-related bits and pieces.
 # These are primarily for export; internally, they are hardcoded.
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ def join(a, *p):
     sep = _get_sep(a)
     path = a
     try:
+        if not p:
+            path[:0] + sep  #23780: Ensure compatible data type even if p is null.
         for b in p:
             if b.startswith(sep):
                 path = b
@@ -82,11 +85,8 @@ def join(a, *p):
                 path += b
             else:
                 path += sep + b
-    except TypeError:
-        if all(isinstance(s, (str, bytes)) for s in (a,) + p):
-            # Must have a mixture of text and binary data
-            raise TypeError("Can't mix strings and bytes in path "
-                            "components") from None
+    except (TypeError, AttributeError, BytesWarning):
+        genericpath._check_arg_types('join', a, *p)
         raise
     return path
 
@@ -445,13 +445,58 @@ def relpath(path, start=None):
     if start is None:
         start = curdir
 
-    start_list = [x for x in abspath(start).split(sep) if x]
-    path_list = [x for x in abspath(path).split(sep) if x]
+    try:
+        start_list = [x for x in abspath(start).split(sep) if x]
+        path_list = [x for x in abspath(path).split(sep) if x]
+        # Work out how much of the filepath is shared by start and path.
+        i = len(commonprefix([start_list, path_list]))
+
+        rel_list = [pardir] * (len(start_list)-i) + path_list[i:]
+        if not rel_list:
+            return curdir
+        return join(*rel_list)
+    except (TypeError, AttributeError, BytesWarning, DeprecationWarning):
+        genericpath._check_arg_types('relpath', path, start)
+        raise
+
+
+# Return the longest common sub-path of the sequence of paths given as input.
+# The paths are not normalized before comparing them (this is the
+# responsibility of the caller). Any trailing separator is stripped from the
+# returned path.
 
-    # Work out how much of the filepath is shared by start and path.
-    i = len(commonprefix([start_list, path_list]))
+def commonpath(paths):
+    """Given a sequence of path names, returns the longest common sub-path."""
 
-    rel_list = [pardir] * (len(start_list)-i) + path_list[i:]
-    if not rel_list:
-        return curdir
-    return join(*rel_list)
+    if not paths:
+        raise ValueError('commonpath() arg is an empty sequence')
+
+    if isinstance(paths[0], bytes):
+        sep = b'/'
+        curdir = b'.'
+    else:
+        sep = '/'
+        curdir = '.'
+
+    try:
+        split_paths = [path.split(sep) for path in paths]
+
+        try:
+            isabs, = set(p[:1] == sep for p in paths)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError("Can't mix absolute and relative paths") from None
+
+        split_paths = [[c for c in s if c and c != curdir] for s in split_paths]
+        s1 = min(split_paths)
+        s2 = max(split_paths)
+        common = s1
+        for i, c in enumerate(s1):
+            if c != s2[i]:
+                common = s1[:i]
+                break
+
+        prefix = sep if isabs else sep[:0]
+        return prefix + sep.join(common)
+    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
+        genericpath._check_arg_types('commonpath', *paths)
+        raise