1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/crates/paths/src/lib.rs b/crates/paths/src/lib.rs
index c7ce0c42f..190c50913 100644
--- a/crates/paths/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/paths/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! relative paths.
 use std::{
     convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
-    ops,
+    io, ops,
     path::{Component, Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for AbsPathBuf {
 }
 
 impl AbsPathBuf {
+    pub fn canonicalized(path: &Path) -> io::Result<AbsPathBuf> {
+        path.canonicalize().map(|it| AbsPathBuf::try_from(it).unwrap())
+    }
     pub fn as_path(&self) -> &AbsPath {
         AbsPath::new_unchecked(self.0.as_path())
     }