From 2776294de043cc9fccd3dae0d66f4cb22a55cfb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Kirschbauer <hsjobeki@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:04:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] templates: url add support for home and abspath

---
 .../clan_lib/templates/template_url.py        |  5 ++--
 .../clan_lib/templates/template_url_test.py   | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url.py
index ae625153b..bbb2237f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url.py
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ def transform_url(template_type: str, identifier: str, flake: Flake) -> tuple[st
         flake_ref = str(flake.path)
 
     if "#" not in identifier:
-        # ./ . or ../ .. are relative paths
+        # Local path references are not transformed
+        # return flake_ref=identifier, template='default'
         if (
-            identifier.startswith(("./", "../"))
+            identifier.startswith(("/", "~/", "./", "../"))
             or identifier == "."
             or identifier == ".."
         ):
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url_test.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url_test.py
index acc203501..5b85ae7c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url_test.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/templates/template_url_test.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def test_internal_dot_template() -> None:
     assert flake_ref == str(local_path.path)
 
 
-def test_explizit_path_default() -> None:
+def test_explizit_rel_path_default() -> None:
     user_input = "./path/to/flake"
     expected_selector = "clan.templates.machine.default"
 
@@ -248,3 +248,25 @@ def test_explizit_path_default() -> None:
     )
     assert selector == expected_selector
     assert flake_ref == user_input
+
+
+def test_explizit_abs_path_default() -> None:
+    user_input = "/path/to/flake"
+    expected_selector = "clan.templates.machine.default"
+
+    flake_ref, selector = transform_url(
+        machine_template_type, user_input, flake=local_path
+    )
+    assert selector == expected_selector
+    assert flake_ref == user_input
+
+
+def test_explizit_home_path_default() -> None:
+    user_input = "~/path/to/flake"
+    expected_selector = "clan.templates.machine.default"
+
+    flake_ref, selector = transform_url(
+        machine_template_type, user_input, flake=local_path
+    )
+    assert selector == expected_selector
+    assert flake_ref == user_input