Link to what's required for full Windows URI support

neilpa · Mar 11, 2020 · 52ef91a · 52ef91a
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ func fileUri(path string) string {
 	uri := "file://"
 
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// This is not formally correct for all corner cases in windows
+		// file handling but should work for all standard cases. See:
+		// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ie/file-uris-in-windows
 		uri = uri + "/" + strings.ReplaceAll(
 			strings.ReplaceAll(abs, "\\", "/"),
 			" ", "%20",