MockPath.GetFullPath does not match windows behavior.

Describe the bug
In a special case of a rooted, but not absolute path, MockPath.GetFullPath produces results which differ from what i get using System.IO.Path.GetFullPath

To Reproduce

var fs = new MockFileSystem();
Console.WriteLine("Mocking: " + fs.Path.GetFullPath("d:test.txt"));
Console.WriteLine("OS: " + Path.GetFullPath("d:test.txt"));

Output (Linux):
Mocking: /d:test.txt
OS: /home/USER/d:test.txt

Output (Windows):
Mocking: d:test.txt
OS: D:\test.txt

Expected behavior
I expect the values to be equal.

@AnakinRaW

@AnakinRaW :
Are you sure, your test is correct?
The provided input "d:test.txt" is no valid (rooted) path. Maybe it should be @"d:\test.txt" instead?

i'm sure my test is correct. even microsoft documented this case in their code comments:
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/Path.cs#L297

@AnakinRaW

Thanks for the clarification, @AnakinRaW !
I was not aware of this format, but after looking around, it is also documented in the File path formats on Windows systems :-)

Wow, what a fancy feature.

fix: support relative path with drive information in `Path.GetFullPat…

Hey is this issue fixed? Then we can close it out.

@oni-shiro

@oni-shiro : No, this issue is not yet fixed; only on Testably.Abstractions.

Some additional that might help fixing this issue:

In Windows (with DOS origins) there is a current directory per drive letter which was/is super handy when working on the command-line, e.g.

C:
CD\Source
D:
CD\Target
E:
DIR C:
DIR D:
XCOPY C:*.* D: /S

which translates to

Set the current drive to C:
Set the current folder on C: to C:\Source
Set the current drive to D:
Set the current folder on D: to D:\Target
Set the current drive to E: (just for the sake of this demo)
List the content of the current folder on C:
List the content of the current folder on D:
Copy everything from the current folder on C: to the current folder on D: (recursively)

The current folder per drive letter is stored in environment variables that are hidden by .NET and that are called =<drive letter>: (e.g. =C:, =D:).

They can be retrieved by using the following sample code:

    [STAThread]
    internal static void Main(string[] args) {
        Dictionary<string, string> variablePairs = GetCurrentFolderPerDriveLetter();
        Console.WriteLine($"You have {variablePairs.Count} folders per drive letter set:");
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> pair in variablePairs.OrderBy(e => e.Key)) { 
            Console.WriteLine($"{pair.Key}: {pair.Value}"); 
        }
    }


    public static Dictionary<string, string> GetCurrentFolderPerDriveLetter() {
        List<string> environmentVariablePairs = GetEnvironmentVariablePairs();
        Dictionary<string, string> result = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
        foreach (string variablePair in environmentVariablePairs) {
            int equalSign = variablePair.LastIndexOf('=');
            if (equalSign != 3) continue;
            string key = variablePair.Substring(0, equalSign);
            if (key[0] != '=') continue;
            if (key[2] != ':') continue;
            if (key[1] == ':') continue;
            key = key[1].ToString();
            string value = variablePair.Substring(equalSign + 1);
            result[key] = value;
        }
        return result;
    }

    public static Dictionary<string, string> GetUnfilteredEnvironmentVariables() {
        List<string> environmentVariablePairs = GetEnvironmentVariablePairs();
        Dictionary<string, string> result = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
        foreach (string variablePair in environmentVariablePairs) {
            int equalSign = variablePair.LastIndexOf('=');
            if (equalSign < -1) continue;
            string key = variablePair.Substring(0, equalSign);
            string value = variablePair.Substring(equalSign + 1);
            result[key] = value;
        }
        return result;
    }

    private static unsafe List<string> GetEnvironmentVariablePairs() {
        char* envStrings = Win32Native.GetEnvironmentStrings();
        if (envStrings is null) {
            return [];
        }

        List<string> result = [];
        try {
            // Iterate through the environment strings (null-terminated pairs)
            char* current = envStrings;
            while (*current != '\0') {
                string envVar = new string(current);
                result.Add(envVar);
                current += envVar.Length + 1; // Move to the next string
            }
        } finally {
            // Free the allocated memory
            Win32Native.FreeEnvironmentStrings(envStrings);
        }
        return result;
    }

    private static class Win32Native {

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
        [ResourceExposure(ResourceScope.Machine)]
        internal static unsafe extern char* GetEnvironmentStrings();

        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
        [ResourceExposure(ResourceScope.Machine)]
        internal static unsafe extern bool FreeEnvironmentStrings(char* pStrings);

    }

Usually there is no current directory per drive letter set when not working on the command-line, to see a result, start your development environment from the command-line after changing into some folders on different drives first.

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