Player only rotates counterclockwise despite the angle difference cout looking good

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void
Player::handleMouseRotation (int mouse_x, int mouse_y)
{
    const float rotationSpeed = 0.01f;
    const float deltaTime = 0.05f;

    // Only update rotation if the mouse has moved
    if (mouse_x != last_mouse_x_position || mouse_y != last_mouse_y_position)
	{
	    // 1. Calculate the direction from the player to the mouse
	    glm::vec2 direction = glm::vec2 (mouse_x - mPosX, mouse_y - mPosY);

	    // Calculate the angle between player and mouse (target angle)
	    float targetAngle = glm::atan (direction.y, direction.x);

	    // Normalize the target angle to the range [-PI, PI]
	    targetAngle = glm::mod (targetAngle + glm::pi<float> (),
	                            2 * glm::pi<float> ())
	                  - glm::pi<float> ();

	    // 2. Get the current angle of the player (relative to its facing
	    // direction)
	    float currentAngle = getCurrentPlayerAngle ();

	    // Normalize currentAngle to the range [-PI, PI]
	    currentAngle = glm::mod (currentAngle + glm::pi<float> (),
	                             2 * glm::pi<float> ())
	                   - glm::pi<float> ();

	    // 3. Calculate the angle difference
	    float angleDifference = targetAngle - currentAngle;

	    // Normalize the angle difference to ensure it's the shortest path
	    if (angleDifference > glm::pi<float> ())
		{
		    // Wrap to negative range
		    angleDifference -= 2.0f * glm::pi<float> ();
		}
	    else if (angleDifference < -glm::pi<float> ())
		{
		    // Wrap to positive range
		    angleDifference += 2.0f * glm::pi<float> ();
		}

	    // PRINT cout angle difference
	    std::cout << "Angle Difference: " << angleDifference << "\n";

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