From d3a98032343f4d73226f8db7c02c3d2643ba3712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephane Epardaud <stef@epardaud.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 12:58:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FileUtil: added sameFile(File,File) for #4848

---
 common/src/com/redhat/ceylon/common/FileUtil.java | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/src/com/redhat/ceylon/common/FileUtil.java b/common/src/com/redhat/ceylon/common/FileUtil.java
index ef56aac9564..c0df5813ef9 100644
--- a/common/src/com/redhat/ceylon/common/FileUtil.java
+++ b/common/src/com/redhat/ceylon/common/FileUtil.java
@@ -311,4 +311,18 @@ public static String relativeFile(Iterable<? extends File> paths, String file){
         return path;
     }
 
+    public static boolean sameFile(File a, File b) {
+        if(a == null)
+            return b == null;
+        if(b == null)
+            return false;
+        try {
+            String aPath = a.getCanonicalPath();
+            String bPath = b.getCanonicalPath();
+            return aPath.equals(bPath);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return a.equals(b);
+        }
+    }
+
 }